Royal couple tour North London crowds in show of unity
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth rode through Islington and other North London districts amid dense crowds. Police escorted the royal car as spectators cheered while fires burned in tribute from Cornwall to the Shetlands.
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London
George
Queen Elizabeth
Cheapside
Webb Miller
United Press
U.P
George VI
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Mall
George V
Queen Mary
South London
Greenwich Maritime Museum
Peoples’ Palace
Islington
Shetland Islands
Empire
Dominions
Student strikers arrested as Luna Pier school reopen Officers say nine pickedeters to face juvenile court
Monroe County officers and state troopers reopened the Luna Pier school in Michigan after a student strike since May 3. Nine students, eight boys and a girl, were taken into custody and were to be brought before juvenile court at Monroe unless they return to classes immediately.
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Toledo
AU R
Luna Pier
Mich
Here
Monroe County
Monroe
State liquor board suspends Sharonville cafe owner
In a first for the board, a 20 day suspension was issued against Mrs. Fredlis Lipp of Sharonville for refilling liquor bottles.
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Cincinnati
State Liquor Control Board Today
Fredlis Lipp
Sharonville
Nye to Seek Name Of U S Dictatorship Plotting Man
Senator William Nye will introduce a resolution asking Ambassador Dodd to disclose the name of an alleged American billionaire backing a dictatorship in the United States. Dodd said influential Americans support such plans, while Borah dismissed the notion as a figment and criticized Dodd's letter.
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Washington
U.P
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
William Dodd
United States
Congress
Nye
Dodd
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Virginio Gayda
Benito Mussolini
Senate
Berlin
U.S
William E. Dodd
State Department
Germany
Roosevelt
Merrill Planned Atlantic Crossing Tonight Despite Fog
American flyer Henry T. Merrill will depart Southport tonight around 9 p.m. using a cargo plane for another Atlantic crossing. Fog delayed the Croydon cargo flight, marking Merrill fourth crossing in a year and following a previous forced landing in Newfoundland after a flight with Harry Richman. Fines totaling 13 150 were levied on liquor violators in Columbus for the week ending May 10, announced by state enforcement chief Al Humphrey.
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Southport
England
U.P
Henry T
Dick” Merrill
Atlantic
Coronation Pictures
Merrill
Croydon
London
Harry Richman
New York
South Wales
Newfoundland
Columbus
U.R
al Humphrey
Government presses limits on Duke of Windsor residence plans
British government restricts the Duke of Windsor from public funds and royal attendance at his wedding to Mrs Wallis Warfield. Reports say he should not marry or live in Austria or Central Europe. France may be permitted but religious ceremony issues arise. King George and Prime Minister Baldwin may decide attendance for the Duke of Kent.
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England
Duke of Windsor
France
Wallis Warfield
London
Au.p
Austria
Europe
Warfield
King George
Stanley Baldwin
Duke of Kent
Charles Mercier
Monts
Chateau de Cande
Tours
Ohio to Undertake $23 Million Highway Program in 1937 38
State High Director John Jaster Jr announced a $23 million road program to be let in 1937-38, with about 199 projects across 88 counties. Federal aid will provide roughly $10 million, matched dollar for dollar, while the state covers $4 million without federal help. The plan includes Route 31, U.S. 50 in multiple sections, Route 7 in Gallia, and Route 953 among others, with paving, grading, and drainage work planned across Athens, Belpre, Rockbridge, Crown City, and more. Settings for several projects have already been held for a late spring start and some work is under contract already.
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Columbus
W.P
John Jaster, Jr
Ohio
Athens
Carpenter Street
Hocking
Rockbridge
Washington
Belpre
Coolville
Gallia
Chambersburg
Crown City
English King's Statue Blasted In Irish City
In Dublin the equestrian statue of King George II on Stephens Green was blown up with a land mine. Police found a large cache of explosives alongside guns in the area. The attack follows anti British disorders tied to George VI coronation and a mass meeting calling for Irish independence. No injuries were reported as the statue stood in a park.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
U.P
George II
Stephens Green
George VI
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ditch Cave-In Injures Two WPA Workers Near Gore
Two WPA workers were buried under dirt when an excavation wall collapsed on Arnold Road Falls Township near Gore. William Lemon 38 suffered head injuries possibly internal and was taken to Cherrington Hospital. James Kern 28 sustained abdominal and knee injuries and was treated at home. Both residents of Logan. Lemon was buried for three minutes before coworkers freed him.
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Logan
WPA
Arnold Road
Falls Township
Gore
William Lemon
Cherrington Hospital
James Kern
Bowen St
Lemon
Athens Bank Bids $50,000 at 1 Percent in State Funds
COLUMBUS INS State Treasurer Clarence H. Nysley received bids totaling about $19.9 million from Ohio banks on inactive state funds. Bids announced reached $20 million and will be awarded in a few days with banks notified. Security Savings Bank of Athens bid $50,000 at one percent.
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Columbus
INS
Clarence H. Nysley
Ohio
Security Savings Bank of Athens
Youthful Musicians From Dozens of High Schools Compete
In Columbus youth orchestral contestants from about fifty high schools gathered for a national contest event. The competition drew students from multiple Ohio districts to showcase their orchestral talent.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
No Stunts Featured in Intercontinental Flight Plans
Col. J. Monroe Johnson assistant secretary of commerce denounces accidents on unnecessary transoceanic flights as impediments to regular inter continent schedules. He cites Dick Merrill London hop for the coronation and Amelia Earhart's Pacific flight among the stunt flights to be forbidden.
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Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Colonel Johnson
Dick Merrill
London
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Ohio Beer Consumption Rises in 1936
Columbus A U P report shows per capita beer use in Ohio climbing from 13 gallons in 1935 to 16 1/2 gallons in 1936. State total beer sales reach 3,604,176 barrels versus 2,898,414 in 1935.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Department of Liquor Control
FDR Faces Revolt as House Advances Relief Bill
President Roosevelt sped toward Washington to confront a developing revolt in Congress over his program. The House Appropriations Committee recommended 1.5 billion dollars in relief funding, while efforts to cut the work relief bill and make the CCC permanent faced opposition. The Senate Judiciary Committee tackled federal court system reorganization.
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Washington
INS
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
AUP
Midwest
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senator Sues TVA Over Mineral Rights In Norris Reservo
The Tennessee Valley Authority filed suit in U S District Court against U S Senator George L Berry and associates to condemn their mineral rights on 32 tracts in the Norris Reservoir area. Berry's counsel had previously filed a claim for 1 6 million dollars for part of the rights involved.
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Knoxville, Tenn
The
Tennessee Valley Authority Today
U. S
George L. Berry and
Norris Reservoir
Berry
TVA
Actors Hire Bodyguards To Bypass Pickets In Hollywood
Hollywood stars begin employing armed guards to escort them past picket lines at nine major studios. Police report no danger but note harassment claims from some actors. Labor leader Charles Lessing plans to file with the National Labor Relations Board accusing producers of conspiring with non striking unions under the Wagner Act.
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Hollywood
U.P
Charles Lessing
National Labor Relations Board
Athens Men Sentenced in U S Liquor Case
Two Athens County men pleaded guilty to violating federal liquor laws by possessing and operating an unlicensed still. Judge Underwood sentenced Haskell Jones to two years and Leslie Worden to one year and a day on each of four counts, to run concurrently. Mildred Jones’s indictment was nolled.
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Columbus
INS
Athens County
Underwood
Haskell Jones
Leslie Worden
Mildred Jones
Haskell
Kiss in the Dark Slayer Is Absolved
Grayson Kentucky Carter County Grand Jury absolves Stella Stevens 14 and Hayden Romines 24 of blame in the hitchhiker slaying of Jimmie Scott 16. Stevens had been charged with murder after claiming accidental shooting during a game in a dark room. Romines was held as material witness.
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Grayson
U.P
Carter County
Stella Stevens
Hayden Romines
Jimmie Scott
Miss Stevens
Drew Stevens
Olive Hill
Scott
Romines
Governor OK's Bill for Stream Pollution Study
Governor Davey signed a bill creating a five member non-salaried commission to study stream pollution with a $5000 expense appropriation. IRONTON and Lawrence County officials launched a cooperative drive to address alleged irregularities in local government functions.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Ironton
Lawrence County
Strikers Vote Tonight to End Akron Strike
Striking bus and street car operators in Akron will vote tonight on a proposal to end the citys 28 day transportation strike.
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AKRON
U.P
Jones Laughlin Plants Closed By CIO Order
The CIO closed the Jones and Laughlin Pittsburgh and Aliquippa plants employing 27,000 as part of a broader move to force independent steelmakers into contracts. CIO SWOC mobilized forces, threatening spread to others while Bethlehem was urged to sign within 10 days. Separate GM and UAW actions closed six plants. Fisher Body in Cleveland faced a strike. A Tennessee sit-in bill moved to the governor.
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Ohio Valley
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin Co
S.W. O
Lewis
Philip Murray
Jones and Laughlin
Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Crucible Steel Company of America
Republic Steel Corporation
SWOC
Bethlehem
Johnstown
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Detroi
Acuals
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
GMC
Flint
Saginaw
Mich
Janesville
Wis
Nashville, Tenn
Tenessee
Govd
Gordon Browning
Bones Stolen From 97-Year-Old Grave in Hudson Township
Akron account reports the theft of Eliza Jane Mills bones from her grave in a Hudson Township cemetery. Caretaker A. J. Reed found fresh earth around the site and bones near the tomb, with the grave partially refilled, as authorities investigate the unusual case.
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Akron
U.P
Eliza Jane Mills
Hudson Township
A. J. Reed
Eliza Jane
Hudson
Twins Born En Route To Cleveland Hospital
Twins were born today to Mrs. Dorothy Bolick while she rode in an automobile to a maternity hospital. The mother is 34 years old.
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Cleveland-Aup
Dorothy Bolick
Congress Eyes Flood Control Funds After Roosevelt Push
Congressmen from Mississippi and Ohio valleys seek to add 100 million for flood control in the rivers and harbors bill, aiming to fund projects authorized last spring under Omnibus and Overton Acts. Roosevelt urged a national program but did not specify new funds in his address.
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William F. Drive
Ark
Mississippi
Ohio River
House
Lower
Roosevelt
Congress
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