Coal Shortage Deepens National Struggle Over Labor Pact
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and two congressmen pressed for a swift coal labor pact as Appalachia output stalls. The dispute centers on the closed shop demand by miners and the operators pay clause, with warnings of transit service cuts if no agreement is reached.
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New York
LaGuardia
Congress
Rep
Randolph
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lindbergh Arrives Home Aboard Aquitania
Col Charles A Lindbergh returned to New York on the liner Aquitania for his first U S visit in over a year. Police guarded the ship while Lindbergh kept silent about his plans. He appeared with Barbara Hutton at a lounge earlier, then remained withdrawn.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aquitania
Eutsi
Coast Guard
Treasury
Secret Service
Lindbergh
Socialite's Hot Dog Mate Is Held
Henry W. Baumgarten, hot dog stand proprietor, is under arrest in Los Angeles for alleged bigamy with Esther Gilboff, daughter of a New York banker. Detectives report Baumgarten living with two children and Esther. both deny marriage but acknowledge 16 years of cohabitation.
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Los Angeles
INS
New York
Henry W. Baumgarten
Baumgarten
Esther Gilboff
Adit
Unified U S Setup For Relief On Way
Washington April 14 AP Legislation to end the present emergency relief program and set up a permanent unified system of aid to the jobless moves toward approval. A new public works agency would replace WPA PWA CCC NYA and others, with a formula funding States must cover at least one third of project costs. Minimum unemployment benefits would be 5 a week for those earning 10 or less, plus other provisions.
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WPA
PWA
CCC
NYA
Washington
Senate Unemployment Committee
iMajor
Theasne
Public Works Agency
Senate
Barkley
Congress
National Youth Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
Public Buildings Division
the Treasury
Payday for 100000 West Virginia coal miners as pact nears
About 100000 West Virginia coal miners received pay for the last two weeks of March just before the Appalachian wage agreement expired and mines closed. Some workers had little or no cash while others drew a modest amount. many used funds to cover company store accounts, rents, and dues.
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Harter
Lewis
O'Neill
Buffalo
Buffalo Health Commissioner
Chamber of Commerce
University of Pittsburgh
Appalachian
Berry and Foote Coal Company
Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Endicott Johnson Corporation
Binghamton
Endicott
Johnson City
N. Y
George W. Johnson
Johnstown
LaGuardia
Coal negotiations stall as state reports vary
Widening fear grows over stalled talks between operators and United Mine Workers in New York. While no actual suffering yet, miners and businesses worry about another week of deadlocked negotiations and potential coal shortages as supplies above ground vary across the state.
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United Mine Workers
New York
Sanction Plan Opposed in Senate Committee Vote
A secret sweep by INS shows only three of 22 Senate Foreign Relations members favoring a bill by Senator Elbert Thomas to empower President Roosevelt to name war aggressors and implement sanctions. The survey indicates 17 oppose the proposal as Democrats split, delaying action on boycotts and economic penalties.
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FDR
Washington
INS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
International News Service
Thomas
Bill
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Slattery Pledges Aid to New Deal in Senate Appointment
Chicago April 14 James M Slattery advisor to Gov Horner and head of the Illinois commerce commission accepted a U S senate appointment to fill the Lewis vacancy. The 60 year old will serve until 1940 with a later election to complete Lewis term. he said a candidacy remains possible.
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Chicago
James M. Slattery
Henry Horner
Illinois Commerce Commission
U. S. Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Slattery
Cook County
Horner
Axis to Ask Just Rights Axis to Press Legitimate Claims
In Rome on April 14 1939 the Italian Nazi aligned plan to press for the axis “just rights” faces French and British opposition as Mussolini and Goering prepare for talks. Goering arrives after Libya display as crowds cheer in Rome for the visiting German official and Benito Mussolini.
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Rome
Mussolini
Hitler
Hermann “Wilhelm Goering
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Rome- Berlin
Il Duce
Chamberlain
Gayda
Goering
Italy
Libya
Divorce Offered as Edgar Testifies in Piracy Suit
Miami April 4 James Edgar testified in a $300000 love piracy case that he sought to arrange a marriage between Lewis E Mallory III and his wife after seeing them embrace in a Miami Beach Deauville hotel suite He described spying through a window as a hotel employee moved him away and said his wife cried she did not want him to break a friendship later.
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Miami
Fla
James Edgar
Lewis E. Mallory
Edgar
Bradford
Miami Beach
Deauville
Hoboes of America end convention with small deficit
In Cleveland on April 14 the Hoboes of America closed their annual gathering noting finances in excellent shape with a deficit of only 219 dollars. Jeff Davis praised the result calling it a moral victory and “not bad at all.”
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Cleveland, O
INS
The
Hoboes of America
Cleveland
Jeff Davis
Jeff
FDR Denounced as War Agitator by Nazi Press
Berlin dispatch reports Deutsche Dienst commentary branding Franklin D Roosevelt a war agitator who would trigger a holy crusade against Germany. The piece accuses Roosevelt of stirring American war fever and meddling in European affairs while aligning the United States with Britain on a growing enemy list.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Deutsche Dienst
U. S
Britain
DNB
Foreign Office
Mussolini
Countries Seek Soviet Accord Over Air Fleet Use
London reports Britain and France push for an accord with Soviet Russia to deploy full air power against attackers. Diplomats cite Viscount Halifax and Ivan Maisky discussing a plan, seen as a bid to bridge gaps over Russia’s role in a European alliance.
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London
Great Britain
France
Russia
Sec
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Court of St. James’s
Britain
Poland
Greece
Romania
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Dickinson and Others Urged to Quit Roles in Chesapeake Case
Robert R. Young, chairman of Alleghany Corp, demanded complete removal of Guaranty Trust Co from Chesapeake and Ohio railway and its affil iated properties. He called for turnover of about 1 million dollars in impounded income and cash and pressed resignations of Earl Bailie John L Dickinson John B Hollister John P Murphy and C L Bradley from Chesapeake Corp and boards of the C and O railway.
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New York
Guaranty Trust Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Robert R. Young
Alleghany Corp
Young
Trust Company
C. and O
Chesapeake Corp
Earl Bailie
John L. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
John B. Hollister
John P. Murphy
Co. L. Bradley
Roosevelt Urges Community of Nations to Avert War
In a Pan American Day address Roosevelt argues for a new world order based on a community of nations and economic cooperation. He warns against militarism and encircling peaceful nations while pledging Americas to help avert European catastrophe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Old World
U. S
New World
Europe
Atlantic
Americas
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Great Britain
North
Souepee Ica
France to Speed Frontier Defenses
Paris report says French military leaders press to bolster defenses of the third frontier amid fears over Spain Italy and Germany cooperation. Army technicians find no evidence of hidden airfields or massed Italian Moroccan troops near the Pyrenees while Spanish troop movements are still under investigation. Contingents of Spanish soldiers in northern Catalonia reportedly kept out of the region by Franco orders.
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Paris
Italy
Germany
France
Pyrenees
Spain
Catalonia
Francisco Franco
Warning to Dictators Provokes GOP Response
President Roosevelt warns totalitarian states the United States will answer with force in the western hemisphere. Republicans retort that Congress is the final arbiter of peace and war in the era of rising aggression.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
U. S
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Democratic Rally to Climax City Campaign Drive
The Democratic campaign to win city control after 35 years culminates in a large rally tonight at the high school auditorium with an overflow event at South Ruffner and three radio speeches. About 2,000 people are expected, including prominent Kanawha County Democrats and state leaders, as 22 candidates are introduced bybrief remarks from Pat Murphy and others.
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South Ruffner School
Kanawha County
P. H
Pat” Murphy
J. A. “Bus” Bibby
Joseph Popp, Jr
G. C. Robertson
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