Peace plea merged with draft warning across Europe
Paris reports a peace appeal paired with a draft warning as Britain pledges military aid to Egypt and France offers to train 7,000 British officers. Neville Henderson returns to Berlin as Chamberlain rejects links to appeasement, while Britain weighs conscription amid European tension.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Berlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Paris
ENS
France
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Europe
Henderson
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Girl Sleepwalks Four Miles
Norma Kellar, 12, sleepwalked from her Brighton home to a Newton Center doorstep four miles away. Found sleeping on a doorstep, she was returned home by a police cruiser.
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Boston
INS
Norma_ Kellar
Norma
Brighton
William D. Kellar
Newton Center
Earn Liberty Anew Or Face Slavery Says Dr Newton
In a 1939 reflection Dr Newton warns that liberty requires constant vigilance by citizens. He cites the 1835 crack of the Liberty Bell and urges all generations to earn liberty anew or risk losing it through indifference and security overreach.
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Goethe
Adependence Hall
Philadelphia
John Marshall
Virginia
ProxyTreatment Fails as 24YearOld Dies in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee Louise Rich twenty four dies after a volatile influenza A strep infection. Doctors tried sulfanilamide by proxy using her seventeen year old niece Wilma whose blood was transfused into Rich after drug exposure. Despite temporary improvement pneumonia returns and Rich dies.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Louise Rich
Wilma
Miss Rich
Trial Set In Liechtenstein Coup Case
Authorities said the trial of Theodore Schaedler and nine supporters, jailed since a March 25 overthrow attempt, will begin in several weeks in Liechtenstein. No new developments or attempts were reported over the weekend.
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Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Theodore Schaedler
Fire damages World Fair exhibit at New York event
A $100,000 fire swept the million dollar glass industry exhibit at the New York World's Fair on Sunday night just before opening. Despite extensive interior damage, Edward T. M. Hanrahan of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company said the exhibit would stay open. it had been operating for three weeks.
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New York
Edward T. M. Hanrahan
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Appropriation Bill Approved by Legislature in Iowa
The Iowa legislature quickly approved the conference committee report on annual state expenditures totaling 21 161 863 for the next two years. Senate and House figures differed, with leaders noting a 344 951 increase over the 1937 acts but no extra property tax levy. Leadership clashed over calendar matters and a drug store licensing bill while chain store tax advocates pressed for action.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Conference Committee
F. A Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Latchaw
Secretary
Earl G. Miller
Senate
Motor
Miller
House
Oscar Johnson
Kanawha
John R. Irwin
O. N. Hultman
Stanton
J. O. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
Harold B. Claypool
Williamsburg
J. R. Hall
Malvern
George A. Wilson
Leo Hough
Chariton
Publishers Display Optimistic Spirit
In New York the nation's publishers meet for the fifty third annual American Newspaper Publishers Association convention. Optimism about business conditions prevails as the main topic is boosting newspaper advertising against competing media, per James G Stahman president of the Nashville Banner and ALN PLA.
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New York
INS
American Newspaper Publishers Association
James G. Stahman
Nashville Banner
ALN. Pla
Highway Patrolman Nabbed For Speeding in Morgan Hill
An automobile registered to Gov. Culbert Olson was driven by State Highway Patrolman Charles F. Henderson. He was stopped by Constable Lloyd Skeels after a ten mile chase at eighty five mph in a twenty five mph zone. Henderson received a citation for driving seventy mph. He said he was in a hurry to Los Angeles to fetch two women passengers including the governor’s sister in law.
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San Jose
Calif
INS
Culbert L. Olson
Charles F. Henderson
Morgan Hill
Lloyd Skeels
Henderson
Los Angeles
Searchers Convinced Halliburton Crew Drowned in Pacific
San Francisco radiomen and ship officers believe Adventure Writer Richard Halliburton and 14 crew members perished in the mid Pacific after the Sea Dragon sent its last message on March 23. The junk was en route to the San Francisco world fair when a typhoon and high seas likely swamped it. The Sea Dragon last reported Everyone soaked down eating hardtack as the vessel rode rough waters 1200 miles west of Midway.
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San Francisco
Mackay
President Coolidge
Richard Halliburton
Mid- Pacific
Coolidge
Hong Kong
Halliburton
Finer
Midway Island
Midway
Sea Dragon
Mackay Radio
Junk Twee Daily
The
Radio Company
Audubon
Velman Fitch
L. E. Fitch
Pacific Ocean
Young Fitch
Germany
France
Singapore
Preface Of Summer Brings New High Of 87 Registered Today
Cedar Rapids records a yearly high of 87 degrees at 2 30 p m on Monday with a prior 80 degree Sunday afternoon. The day started at 53 degrees and fell to 60 overnight before climbing to 73 by midmorning.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Steelman Named U S Mediator In Coal Dispute
Dr John R Steelman was designated as special government mediator to join operators and union leaders in the soft coal labor dispute The move follows a coal famine threat and a two day conciliation by Steelman in Washington and Appalachia with 338000 miners idle since April 1 The mediation aims to resolve the deadlock between United Mine Workers and Appalachian operators in Washington and New York
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New York
John R. Steelman
Frances Perkins
Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Stedman
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Miss Perkins
Mobilize Protective Forces For Royal Visit
The United States will deploy its top security units to guard the British king and queen during their visit. Joint mobilization unites America’s crack G men England’s Scotland Yard operatives and thousands of state and local police from Niagara Falls on June 7 to ensure continuous safety from border crossing onward.
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Washington
INS
United States
America
England
Scotland Yard
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Fisherman Reels In Brother’s Body on Detroit River
DETROIT. Frank King aged 47 was fishing with a friend when he hauled up the body of his brother Henry King, 1, from a floating object in the Detroit river. Autopsy showed Henry died of a heart attack before entering the water, likely after collapsing at a pier edge.
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Detroit
Frank King
Detroit River
Henry
Frank
Taxi Driver Slugged And Robbed On Lonely Road
Lumir Felter a Yellow cab driver, 31, was slugged and robbed of more than 25 dollars on a lonely road about two miles north of Louisa at 1 am Sunday. The suspect described as about 30, 185 pounds, 5 feet 11 inches, dark and wearing a mackinaw fled in the cab abandoned near Waterloo tracks. Felter, bleeding, called police and was taken to St Luke's hospital before returning to the scene with Sheriff Smith and Deputy Condon to recount the incident.
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Jim Smith
Miconit’ Strangex
Lumir Felter
C Street
Louisa
Charles Matthews
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Felter
W. L. Rath
DeVore
Pragil
Smith
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Larry Condon
Thirteenth Street
Buffalo
Garner Won't Direct Party Rebels in Roosevelt Era
Washington AP reports Vice President Garner declined to lead anti Roosevelt Democrats in the Senate keeping a hands off stance amid White House tensions. He and Farley have been active in private talks, fueling presidential speculation but officials say he may weigh odds before seeking the nomination.
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Washington
Garner
Friends
Senate
White House
Congress
Washington Senators
Farley
Farky
Charge Deck Boy In Liner Blaze In Le Havre
In Le Havre Cesar Franck a deck boy aboard the Paris is charged with voluntary incendiarism the act that caused the liner to burn and sink in the harbor last week The indictment says he failed to patrol his watch when the fire was discovered and spread
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LE Havre
France
Cesar Franck
Paris
Franck
Candid Camera Captures Local Residents on Cedar Rapids Street
In natural expression a photo shows Mrs. G. Goss of 305 Fifth Street SW and Leo Sponar of CCC company 782 Solon on Cedar Rapids streets. The unidentified young woman may obtain three prints for 25 cents, while Mrs. Goss and Mr Sponar receive sepia enlargements free of charge.
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Cedar Rapids
G. Goss
Fifth Street
Leo Sponar
CCC Company 782
Solon
Gazette
Henderson Picked for SEC Post by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt nominated Leon Henderson executive secretary of the temporary national economic committee to join the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hutchins of the University of Chicago declined the post after seeking a leave. Henderson will replace William O. Douglas, who left the SEC for the Supreme Court.
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Washington
INS
Leon Henderson
National Economic Committee
NRA
WPA
Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Henderson
Robert Hutchins
University of Chicago
SEC
Hutchings
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Monday
Calvert Magruder
Harvard Law School
U. S. Court of Appeals
First Circuit
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Magruder
Huxman
Old Sippi Packet Boats Stronger And Bigger River Boats
In a triangular race on the Mississippi and San Francisco Bay, the old Golden Eagle packet built in 1890 with 300 hp outpaced two California boats. The Delta Queen beat rivals Sacramento to Treasure Island in 9:59 for 110 miles, while Delta King finished 200 yards behind at 10.6 mph over 90 miles from Stockton.
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San Francisco
California
Mississippi
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
Treasure Island
Stockton
San Joaquin River
Yugoslav Fascist Unity Talks Profit Axis Ties
Rome reports a new axis victory as Italy and Germany tighten ties with Yugoslavia. Talks in Venice between Ciano and Cincarmarkovich promise faithful collaboration. A planned visit by Regent Prince Paul to King Vittorio Emanuele signals a formal Yugoslav alignment next month.
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Rome
Italy
Venice
Galeazzo Ciano
Alexander Cincamarkovich
Yugoslavia
Germany
Hungary
Asis
Paul Telekey
Stephen Csaky
Mussolini
Ciano
Spellman Named Archbishop of New York Catholic Diocese
Vatican announces Bishop Francis J. Spellman of Boston has been named archbishop of the New York Catholic diocese. He is expected to join the college of cardinals and succeed the late Cardinal-Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes at the consistory scheduled for the end of May.
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Vatican City
Ins
Francis J. Spellman
Boston
New York
Spellman
College of Cardinals
Patrick J. Hayes
Pius
Thirty four British ships to quit Malta for summer cruise
MALTA. Thirty four British warships will leave this Mediterranean base Wednesday for a normal summer cruise in the eastern Mediterranean. The departure follows an announced shift as the French fleet guards the western Mediterranean.
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Malta
Mediterranean
Roosevelt plans major overhaul of relief agencies
President Roosevelt drafts four reorganization proposals to Congress to unify WPA PWA and related bodies into new agencies. Senator Barkley says up to a half dozen relief agencies would merge into a single system with central control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Barkley
Kentucky
Public Works Agency
WPA
PWA United States Housing Authority
Treasury
Public Building Division
Bureau of Public Roads
Byrnes
S. C. Byrnes
Seecurity Agency
Social Security Board
National Youth Administration
Bureau of Education
Public Health Service
NYA
Soci
Poland Threatens Defense of Danzig Status Quo
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Warsaw reports that Poland informed Germany any attempt to alter Danzig’s status will be resisted with all Poland's forces. The warning was understood Monday through Warsaw sources.
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London
INS
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Daily Telegraph
Warsaw
Esthonian Leader Says Poland to Send War Material
General Johan Laidoner, Esthonian army commander in chief, stated on Monday that Poland had agreed to supply war material including airplanes and artillery to Esthonia.
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Warsaw
Poland
Johan Laidoner
Esthonia
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