Sit-Downers Dig In At Illinois Coal Mine
Miners in Superior Coal No. 4 mine Wilsonville Illinois endure a sit-down strike 360 feet underground. They demand work sharing with 300 idle miners and oppose further mechanization to protect jobs. Union officers order an end to the unauthorized action while a company head offers talks.
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Gillespie
Til
Distonight
Illinois
Superior Coal Company
Wilsonville
Progressive Miners of America
No. 4
Two Chicago hitchhikers accused in Ada Carey slaying
Sheriff reports Norman Westberg and Howard Christenson, both 16 and 17 from Chicago, confessed to killing Ada Carey 26, a Blunt, South Dakota teacher, after a ride. Authorities say the motive was robbery with $6.20 found on the pair. Local posse captured them amid high tension in Oneida.
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South Dakota
Oneida
S. D
Jack Reedy
Sully County
Ada Carey
Blunt
Norman Westberg
Howard Christenson
Chicago
Reedy
Pierre
Onida
Westberg
Christenson
Duke Wally abandons religious ceremony for wedding
Report says Duke and Mrs Warfield will have a civil service on June 3 after dropping a religious ceremony. The couple faced Anglican opposition to remarriage. British embassy official Hugh L. Thomas in Paris linked to the decision. No royal family attendance expected and Rogers denied royal friction.
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L. Robers
Warfield
Hugh L. Thomas
Paris
Rogers
Edward
Hatchet Slaying Blamed on Boy in Jersey City Case
In court 17 year old Gladys MacKnight testifies amid defense claims the hatchet death of her mother was caused by a struggle involving her former sweetheart Donald Wightman 18. The state says Wightman restrained the mother while Gladys struck with a hatchet after a kitchen confrontation.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Gladys
Edgar W. Macight
Logan Strikers Held For Attacking Trooper
Logan West Virginia May 21 state police arrested six Logan Laundry plant workers two hours after a walkout. They face conspiracy charges for an attack on Trooper J O Tutwiler who came off duty to collect laundry. Picket lines formed as the strike began amid wage demand talks. Names include Tressie Allen Lois Browning Velva Dillon Earl Sergeant WL Hicks Charles Davis.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan Laundry Company
J. O. Tutwiler
W. E. Moss
Tressie Allen
Lois Browning
Velva Dillion
Earl Sergeant
W L Hicks
Charles Davis
DeMoss
Tutwiler
Robert Light
Central Labor Uni
CLO
Light
Larry O’toole
Steel Union Wins Big in JL Mill Vote andpreps Next Steps
In Pittsburgh area mills 17,028 of 24,412 ballots favored the Steel Workers Organizing Committee to represent 27,000 Jones and Laughlin workers. Murray said a bargaining contract will be signed after discussions with Jones and Laughlin management. The union eyes further showdowns with other major producers next week.
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Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Murray
H. F E. Lewis
Corporation
Mutual Agree
Steel Workers Committee
John L. Lewis
Labor Board
F. B. Hufnagel
Crucible Steel Corporation
Crucible
U. S. Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Inquiry of Girl Results in Raids in Reno
A narcotics probe centering on a 27 year old woman led to night raids on Reno Chinese quarters and the arrest of federal agent Chris Hansen and two others. Seven Chinese defendants faced state charges while awaiting federal grand jury action. Miss Joyce McAllister, a former Santa Barbara student, provided crucial information and admitted purchasing over $1,000 worth of drugs to aid the investigation. The Public Club, run by Woo Sing, is named in the case. Additional arrests were suggested by officials.
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Reno
Nev
Chris Hansen
A V. McAvoy
Internal Revenue Department
Joyce McAllister
Santa Barbara
Calif
San Francisco
McAllister
Acva
Woo Sing
Soviet Expedition Lands At North Pole
Moscow reports eleven Soviet aviators landed on an ice floe near the North Pole after flying over the pole from Rudolph Island. Led by Dr. Otto J. Schmidt, pilot M. V. Vodopyanoff, the team aims to establish a polar airbase for a year and support plans for a Moscow San Francisco route over the pole.
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Moscow
North Pole
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
Rudolph Island
M. V. Vodopyanoff
San Francisco
Voff
Roosevelt links relief funds to flood control plan
President Roosevelt announced that 11 million dollars in relief labor funds would be diverted to flood control in addition to 30 million dollars set aside in next year’s budget. He noted this could proceed without disrupting the budget and explored RFC and PWA support for flood victims and riverbank relocation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio Valley
Reconstruction Corporation
Public Works Administration
RFC
Disaster Relief Corporation
PWA
Nnance
Congress
Snyder
D- Pa
Poland weighs evacuation of Jews to Madagascar or Palestine
Warsaw reports Poland's government seriously considers mass evacuation of Jews to Palestine or to French Madagascar or another haven to avoid future anti semitic disturbances. Foreign Office discussed the situation after recent outbreaks in several towns.
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Warsaw
Poland
Palestine
Madagascar
Africa
Foreign Office
Eeventper
Government Refuses One Cent Bid For Lighthouses
Washington May 21 The government rejected a one cent bid for the Mattapoisett lighthouse and related sites on Buzzards Bay. A Crescent Beach resident sent a penny with a note to bid as the lowest, but officials clarified bids go to the highest bidder.
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Washington
Mattapoisett
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts
New England
Treasury Procurement Division
Pany
J. A. Stowell
Crescent Beach
Ned's Point
Stowell
Little Diamond
Portland
Maine
Straitsmouth
Rockport
Madrid to Send Internationals to Aid Bilbao
Madrid to dispatch international brigades to defend Bilbao as Basque refugees sail to England aboard the Habana with 4 children aboard. Three ships carrying 3 000 refugees are expected to depart for France. Insurgents claim gains near Munguia and Guernica as Basque forces counterattack.
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Madrid
Bilbao
England
France
Munguin
Hendaye
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
le Verdon
Habana
One
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Tacewell Woman Is Guilty Of Second Degree Murder
Rosa Smith, 55, found guilty by a Tazewell circuit court jury of second degree murder for the December 1935 slaying of Rhoda Hawkins. Jury recommends ten year sentence. retrial had produced earlier twenty year result. Witnesses testified threats over Hawkins and alleged infidelity involving Smith’s husband. Hawkins was fatally shot near a kitchen range through a kitchen window.
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Rosa Smith
Rhoda Hawkins
Tazewell
Bapt Valley
ABC
Whittaker
Whitt
Tom Truett
Opper
Ash Coal Company
Raven
Diar Whitt
Film strike nears rapid end after producers meeting
Hollywood reports a speedy ending of a three week film strike possibly tonight after a conference between screen producers and strike leaders. A spokesman expects differences settled very soon and strike ranks dwindle as studio utility workers win wage increases and union shop terms. Federation officials say the workers obtained their demands.
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Hollywood
Germans Charge Mundelein Treason in Immorality Reports
Berlin reports say German authorities hunt informants who allegedly provided Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago with data on immorality trials. The regime warns that such disclosures could meet treason charges with the death penalty if convicted.
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Berlin
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Cardinal Mundelein
Illinois
Salvation Army Chief Ousted for Misconduct
London May 21 Henry W Mapp 70 chief of staff of the Salvation Army was discharged from service on misconduct charges. A secret court of five senior officers found him guilty but did not reveal details. Mapp challenged the court and said rules were broken denying attendance to him and advisers. His offense related to execution of army duties.
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London
Henry W. Mapp
Salvation Army
Mapp
Evangeline Booth
Uest
Gilty
Levee Break Causes Dozens to Plunge Into Sea at Puerto Monit
At Puerto Monit Chile on May 21 fifty people including women and children fell into the sea when a levee broke during a crowd watching a levee break. Rescue efforts started immediately and many spectators were injured. Two deaths are believed.
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Puerto Monit
Chile
Roosevelt's $1.5 Billion Relief Fund Clears House Hurdle
The House approved the President's request for a $1.5 billion work relief fund for next fiscal year but delayed final action until Monday. Debates centered on reducing the total, with rivals pressing for as little as $500 million fewer and allocation details for public works, recreation, and youth programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Bluefield Chamber Seeks National Coal Office in WV
Bluefield chamber forms committee led by L. E. Tierney Jr to press for a National Bituminous Coal Commission district office in West Virginia. A resolution to the coal commission is planned, arguing Bluefield’s regional coal output warrants the site between Bluefield and Charleston.
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L. E. Tierney, Jr
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Chamber
The
Coal Commission
West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
E. G. Otey
Civil Service Committee
Chamber of Commerce Directorate
State Board of Control
Gee Caboard of Directors
Strike Bound Factory Shuts Down For Good
Detroit May 21 Yale and Towne Manufacturing announces closure of its Detroit plant due to an ongoing strike since March. The Automobile Workers union vows to contest the move through every channel as deputies clamp tight security at the plant amid a tense stand-off.
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Detroit
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Automobile Workers of America
Mobile Manufac
UAW
Sheriff's Deputies
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Confab
van A Bittner
Inland Steel Corporation
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House Labor Committee
NRA
Bay’ of Biscay
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Valencia
Tacewell
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Franciscan Order
Cardinal Mendelein
Nachtausgabe
United States
German Reich
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National Youth Administration
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Woodrum
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Hopkins
Seek Coal Board District
Chamber of Commerce
Tierney
Coal Board
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