West Virginia Refuses Federal Commodities for Idle Miners
Public Assistance Director A. W. Garnett said the state cannot distribute federal commodities to miners idle due to the coal wage impasse. Union leaders, led by William Blizzard, had urged a state request to the Surplus Commodities corporation for food and clothing, but officials indicated supplies are at a low point and likely unavailable.
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West Virginia
Public Assistance
A. W. Garnett
New York
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Holt
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Commodities Corporation
Garnett
Washington
Blizzard
Coal Dispute Still Unsolved in New York City
New York City faces a shrinking coal supply as discussions among eight conferees, Mayor LaGuardia, operators, and United Mine Workers of America fail to resolve the 13 day old Appalachian shutdown. The mayor warns the city may buy or lease a mine if a wage and hour agreement is not reached and 338,000 idle miners can resume work.
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New York
Appalachian
New York City
LaGuardia
United Mine Workers of America
Charles O'Neill
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
The
CIO
O'Neill
Parties to Close Campaign With Rallies Across City
The Democratic rally at the high school auditorium will be led by Atty. Gen. Clarence Meadows and City Chairman Frank L. Taylor with an expected turnout near 2,000. Three Democratic ward rallies follow tonight at Boyd, Chamberlain, and Fruth schools featuring local speakers including Peters Percy Andrews Brotherton Rowe Boyd Brawley Melton Lawson Gallagher Pauley Love Kuhns McCabe Scott.
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Court House
Atty
Clarence W. Meadows
Frank L. Taylor
Boyd School
Charles G. Peters
Rev. J. Sims Percy
C. L. Andrews
W. T. Brotherton
S. B. Rowe
Clara Boyd
D. Earl Brawley
Estill Melton
Robert Lawson
John Gallagher
J. L. Pauley
Chamberlain School
Charles M. Love
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Charles P. McCabe
Brant Scott
Fruth School
Freshman Gulper Swallows Football at OU
Hubert Fraker, OU freshman, created a stir by eating a deflated football cut in strips after soaking. He earned $5 for the stunt and compared the feat to tasting tough steaks, describing it as harder than some meals.
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Oklahoma City
INS
Hubert Fraker
Fraker
University of Oklahoma
Bellboy Testifies Of Beauty's Affair in Miami Trial
Milwaukee-based James Edgar of Detroit sues Lewis E Mallory III for 300000 in a love theft suit. Bellboy Harry Duke testified he saw Mallory with Mrs Edgar in a Miami Beach hotel suite and watched them embrace from outside the window. The all male jury heard readings from other hotel workers about repeated intimacies.
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Miami
Fla
James Edgar
Detroit
Lewis E. Mallory
Bradford
Harry Duke
Mallory
Miami Beach
Edgar
Kathryn Crawford
Florida
Duke
Roosevelt Stand Attacked in Senate
Senate isolationists challenged President Roosevelt over his foreign policy as debates grew sharper. Senator George denounced war as a choice for Congress, while Bridges sought a resolution condemning inflammatory statements. Vandenberg noted British halt Hitler plans gaining support of the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Sen
George
Warm Springs
Sen. Bridges
N. H
U. S
Congress
Farley Attacks GOP Indecision in Lynchburg Address
In Lynchburg Virginia on April 13 Postmaster General James A Farley denounced GOP indecision while praising the New Deal and predicting the next president will come from a party tied to Jefferson Jackson and Roosevelt He called Hoover the most articulate opposition leader and argued a rival program may exist despite criticism.
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Lynchburg
James A. Farley
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Hoover
Farley
McElroy resigns as Kansas City city manager after 13 years
White-haired Henry F. McElroy quits the city manager post he held 13 years under Boss Tom Pendergast amid federal state probes into vice, graft, and illicit alcohol. Mayor Bryce B. Smith accepts the resignation and vows a cleaner city as agents raid the Little Italy area for untaxed liquor.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
Tom Pendergast
Bryce B. Smith
Smith
McElroy
Treasury
Little Italy
Pendergast
France and Britain pledge protection to Poland and neighbors
Daladier announced France with Britain guarantees to Poland Rumania and Greece against any aggression direct or indirect. Britain may extend guarantees to Turkey as Daladier and Chamberlain warn Nazi fascist expansion risks war. Paris warms citizens with evacuation plans and gas mask distribution as air threat grows.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Poland
Rumania
Greece
Daladier
Germany
Italy
U. S
Britain
Russia
Balkan
War Ministry
U S Prepares For War Shock Amid Markets Crisis
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration held secret meetings of monetary and market officials to keep open security and commodity markets and push Congress to reenact extraordinary powers including gold and silver devaluation. Morgenthau Wallace Eccles and other leaders attended the closed sessions to prepare for possible war abroad.
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Washington
INS
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Sec. of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Sec. of
Agriculture
Wallace
Securities and Exchange
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
FDR to Speak on Air Twice Friday in New York
President Roosevelt will address a Pan American Union special session at 11 a.m. CST broadcast on WEAF WABC and WOR and short waves. At 2:30 p.m. EST he marks the 150th anniversary of Washington's election with a transmission via W4JZ NBC WABC-CBS and WMAC Inter-city.
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New York
Roosevelt
The
Pan- American Union
Weaf-Nbc
Wabccbs
Wor-Mbs
George Washington
W4jznbc
Wabc-Cbs
WMAC
Do Not Trust Britain Nazis Say in Reply
Nazi Germany rejected Britain’s Greece Romania guarantee and accused London of pursuing Bolshevist aid. Berlin claimed Chamberlain sought to encircle Germany and warned that British policy endangers Europe, with surprise at Romania and Turkey mentions.
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Britain
Berlin
Germany
England
Greece
Romania
Europe
Chamberlain
Moscow
Turkey
Albania
Soviet Union
Russia
Nazi Fleet Sails For Maneuvers
Berlin reports say several German fleet units sailed from Kiel for spring maneuvers in the Atlantic off the Spanish coast. Six cruisers and two pocket battleships lead destroyers and submarines as Germany informs Britain and France and warns against broader implications.
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Berlin
Kiel
Britain
France
Germany
English Channel
Britain's Double Cross and the Munich Deal
The Washington Merry-Go-Round says Britain backs democracies in speech while British bankers fund Germany's rearmament. It claims Sudetenland deals began before Munich and that Roosevelt demands a showdown with Chamberlain. The State Newspaper editorial page presents the critique.
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Chamberlain
Roosevelt
U. S. State Department
Washington
Germany
Sudetenland
Sudetens
Munich
Pledge to Fight for Independence Of Greece
British Prime Minister Chamberlain pledges a Euro anti aggression front with Greece and Romania and signals a forthcoming guarantee to Turkey. The move aims to halt Nazi Fascist expansion as Turkey's entry is discussed with the Entente nations while debates continue in Parliament.
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Greece
Romania
Turkey
William Hillman
INS
London
Neville Chamberlain
Istanbul
Europe
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
U.S
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Spain
Albania
Balkan
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Corfu
Clement R. Attlee
Mussolini vows march toward Paris as Albania joins Italy
In Rome a 50 000 strong Fascist rally hailed Mussolini after the grand council endorsed Albania's crown offer to King Vittorio Emanuele III. Italy intends to present the Albanian crown with plans for a formal ceremony, amid rising Mediterranean tensions and Anglo French resistance pledges.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Paris
Grand Council
Albania
Vittorio Emanuele III
Mediterranean
Vittorio Emanuele
Il Duce
Achille Starace
Palazzo Venezia
Ti Duce
France
Tunisia
Lindbergh to Advise on U S Air Program
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives from Europe to offer advice on a U S aviation program. He fears haste to show defense without real strength and will present his case in person as a member of the national advisory committee for aeronautics. Congress has boosted the air force to 6 000 planes, affecting his visit.
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New York
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
U. S
Lindbergh
Aquitania
America
Col. Lindbergh
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Congress
Army Air Force
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Hampton Roads
Ranger
Virginia Waters
GOP
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Bellboy
Vandenberg
FDR
Hitler
Charleston Gazette
the State Newspaper
Lindy
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