Vatican Moves to Urge European Peace Talks
Pope Pius XII engages in diplomatic outreach across Berlin London Paris Rome Warsaw to press for a peaceful settlement as Goering travels to report to Hitler and nations consider a new Rome Berlin alliance. Soviet, British, and Japanese positions show cautious responses amid mounting war tensions and partial mobilization plans.
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Roosevelt sends second government reorganization plan
President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress his second plan to reorganize nearly a score of federal agencies. The proposal includes transferring foreign commerce and foreign agricultural services and abolishing several units. Rep. Taber criticized parts of the plan and opposed broad disapproval votes while praising some transfers.
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Roosevelt presses Congress on farm bill revenue and taxes
President Roosevelt urged reporters to question congressional leaders about offsetting increased farm funds with higher taxes, signaling his stance on tax revisions and farm support during the dispute over the cotton plan. Senator Bankhead proposed a rider to shift funds, while Senator Russell supported a budget balance without harming farmers.
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Agtarians Poisoned At Conference Dinner
About 50 delegates at the 180th district conference of Rotary International near Gettysburg Pennsylvania were treated for food poisoning an hour after banquet. None seriously ill though Albert Bixler and his wife remained in the hotel. Six other physicians aided the group.
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Methodist Unity Meet Ends Liberalizing Divorce Rules
Kansas City May 9 The Methodist Uniting conference overturned a militant minority to liberalize divorce rules amid a 20 minute debate with a large majority of the 900 delegates. It approved the new churchs missionary and financial structures and created a World Service and Finance commission to budget and apportion funds among jurisdictions conferences and subdivisions. The commission will not control trust funds or finances of individual churches.
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Keeps pickpockets away from crowd but loses wallet
Moundsville West Virginia May 8 report says a man kept pickpockets from a crowd but lost his pocketbook containing cash and personal items. The incident notes the difficulty of protecting crowds while safeguarding personal effects.
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Kilburn Selected to Lead McDowell County GOP
Sam G. Kilburn of Welch was elected to head the McDowell County Republican Party succeeding John W. Blakely who stepped down for private business demands. The Welch resident is active in civic and party work across the county and takes over after Blakely served for several years.
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Raleigh Voters Defeat Proposed Special Tax
Raleigh county voters in Beckley West Virginia rejected a three year special tax proposal after raising 800000 for county projects. 3572 voted against it while a portion supported the plan.
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WPA Worker Dies in Ohio Electric Chair Slaying
Columbus May 9 Nick Ich of Warren Ohio died in the electric chair tonight for the slaying of a neighbor. Babich, masked, mumbling, remonstrated to guards that he crushed with a hatchet in the killing.
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New Orleans Explosion Wounds Nine People
In New Orleans on May 9 a blast shattered windows and blew debris into the street. Nine persons were injured as covers and paving fragments littered the area.
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Biography of Glass Reveals Wilson Desire for 3rd Term
Washington reports notes from Carter Glass biographers show Glass sought a third term to push United States into the League of Nations. The notes recount Wilson’s term plans and signals of possible resignations if the league covenant passed, with remarks from Grayson Burleson and McAdoo.
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Royal Ship Endures Gale as Decks Take a Beating
The floating palace endured a severe gale as tables on deck were overturned and waves washed over the liner at dusk. Convoy escorts Glasgow and Southampton paused amid heavy seas. A lifeboat was smashed by a sea, and King and Queen observed the storm from the deck.
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Fate of Local NBCC Office Uncertain After Coal Commission Move
Washington reports no official word on field office fate as President Roosevelt signals abolition of the coal commission. A new interior bureau under Harold Ickes may administer the coal act, with commissioners likely to lose their jobs in sixty days.
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Abolishing of Commission Blocks Setting of Prices
The coal commission under Roosevelt’s order fails to establish minimum prices for bituminous coal. Officials say the ruling bars new price fixing, requiring participants from preliminary hearings to act. Tetlow notes the process would extend for at least a year, possibly longer.
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Ohio miners held ineligible for relief ruling
Ohio coal miners idle due to a contract dispute in the Appalachian bituminous fields are deemed ineligible for unemployment compensation. Administrator H. C. Atkinson ruled the March 31 work stoppage a strike, canceling first checks for 3,000 miners and affecting about 15,000 more, with further actions expected and protests to a federal security board in Washington.
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City Directorate Names New Baseball Park Bowen Field
The city adopts a resolution naming the new baseball park Bowen Field as part of the Greater Blue Gray recreational center project. Mayor William C. Snyder leads the effort with city directors and Blue Gray officials in supporting the park while addressing radio interference concerns.
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59 Arrested in West Virginia Mine Disorder
Charleston May 9 59 men were jailed at Weston after a midnight assault on a truck driver and two assistants in the first wholesale arrests since the coal shutdown began. Prosecutor James H. Brewster Jr says they face conspiracy charges and will be brought before Justice R V Malloy May 17 under blanket warrants with bonds totaling 29 etc.
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Operators Pleased with FDR Stand at Washington Conference
Coal men reported by W. E. B. Keppler, secretary of the Pocahontas Operators' association, as united in backing a settlement and urging an early conclusion to the dispute. The conference in Washington yesterday drew positive reactions to President Roosevelt's stance, with AFL support noted.
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Roosevelt warns coal stalemate must end today
President Roosevelt urged quick settlement of the Bituminous coal deadlock at a White House conference with five United Mine Workers leaders and five mine operators. He said mining should resume by tomorrow night and that a vertical union for collective bargaining, the United Mine Workers, was agreed in principle, with details pending. The group planned to travel to New York for further talks with Dr. John L. Lewis.
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FDR Calls For See Page Two Coal Car Loadings Dip
Norfolk and Western reports a month’s coal supply with no danger to operations. Weekly car loadings drop to 10 170 from 16 333 in 1938 as mines cut shipments. The report notes sharp reductions in freight trains amid fuel shortages and mine curtailments.
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