Aid Coal Pact Urges FDR to End Transit Coal Shortage
New York Mayor La Guardia urged President Roosevelt to mediate between Appalachian coal operators and the United Mine Workers to break a month-long deadlock over a wage hour contract. Only a 10 day coal supply remained for New York City's three subway lines, hospitals, and power systems, prompting urgent talks.
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LaGuardia
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
City Hall
Transit and Power Company
UMW
la Guardia
Washington
Miners May Test Ruling on Benefits
In Clarksburg on April 16 7 the United Mine Workers met with John S Stump Jr director of unemployment compensation to discuss whether West Virginia 100 000 idle miners qualify for jobless insurance The department held payments idle due to a labor dispute are prohibited The union may appeal to the board of review and then to higher courts if needed to contest the ruling and seek benefits for the idle miners
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
John S. Stump, Jr
Stump
Unemployment Compensation Department
Department
Board of Review
Kanawha Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Mamma Says No But Will They Change Their Minds
Willie Willis notes that his mother firmly refuses requests, yet she appears to reconsider after a persistent peddler conversation. The quip highlights parental limits and the power of persistence in a humorous domestic vignette.
Sudden Flood Hits Roads Across Kanawha and Elk Rivers
Floods across Kanawha and Elk rivers surge with high water causing road closures and worst floods in years. Sissonville reports water to second floors and a flood in Elk View's high school basement. Marmet gauges Gauley crest at Camden-on-Gauley. Two deaths linked to flood conditions.
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Elk River
Burnsville
Little Kanawha
Salt Lick
Elkview
Clenden
Camden-on-Gauley
New River
Sissonville
Freak Storms Kill 18 and Injure 100 Across Three States
Tornadoes sweeping Oklahoma Texas and northern Louisiana killed 18 people and injured over 100 as storms moved from the Oklahoma Kansas border through rural areas. Oklahoma 7 deaths Texas 4 Louisiana 7. Haynesville Louisiana saw seven dead and 40 plus injured with 50 buildings demolished. Earlier Texarkana area reported 33 injuries with five expected to die.
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Shreveport
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma-Kansas
Haynesville
Texarkana
Arkansas
Arm Found in Sewer Spurs Torso Murder Hunt
In Baltimore on April 16 a woman's severed remains sparked a new police search after the discovery of an arm in a sewer. Officials noted water levels from rain did not reach the arm, suggesting it was placed there since the initial search. The legs, hand and heart had been found in sewers nearby, with part of the torso later located behind the city hospital.
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Baltimore
City Hospital
U S Business Meetings Set With Congress and Chamber
Delegates from business in 42 states will meet with congressional representatives in 25 din ner gatherings during the 27th annual U S Chamber of Commerce meeting. The program aims to promote economic recovery with informal talks on policy and regional perspectives. Secretary Hopkins will speak May 2.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sec. of Commerce
Hopkins
Pittsburgh Householders Put on Coal Rations Amid Shortage
Pittsburgh reports one ton coal limits as UMW officials dispute claims of exhausted supplies. District No 5 chief Fagan says stocks will last to May 6. dealers charging premia for small deliveries. Violent incidents near Clearfield ignite tensions as weather worsens heating fears.
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United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
P. T. Fagan
UMW
Fagan
Clearfield
Ralph Mears
Morrisdale
Hill Brothers Coal Company
Radomsky
Hawk Run
Neutrality Act Study Speeded in Senate Push
Washington April 16 In a race to pass a new neutrality law before possible European war administration leaders moved to close public hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by April 24. Chairman Key Pittman said hearings would conclude then with executive sessions April 26 as the committee debates various bills. The Pittman measure would allow the president to permit arms and war material exports to belligerents when a state of war exists, on a cash and carry basis and via non U.S. ships. Other senators doubt action would occur before May and opposition to Pittman grows among influential groups.
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INS
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Pittman
Nevada
U. S
Pittman
Parole Conference Opens in Washington With Delegates
The first national parole conference for federal state and local law enforcement opens in Washington with about 600 delegates. Attorney General Frank Murphy called it at President Roosevelt's request to seek agreement on desirable parole practices.
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Washington
INS
Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to address national parole conference on radio
New York April 16 Roosevelt will speak to the national parole conference in Washington at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. broadcasts across all radio networks will carry the important message.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
E.S.T
Parole Administration Conference to Improve Federal State Links
Sessions begin tomorrow and Tuesday to standardize parole administration and boost federal state cooperation. The president will speak, and technical committees will present findings. Governors from at least five states attend with representatives from most others.
Congress to Probe WPA and Consider Public Works Overhaul
Washington April 16 AP A dual attack on the relief program unfolds in congress this week with the house launching a WPA inquiry and the senate weighing a new public works agency to replace current relief. Subpoenas target the Workers Alliance leaders Lasser and Benjamin as critics claim the alliance dominates relief in big cities. Byrnes proposes a unified agency tying WPA PWA CCC NYA and others, while Burke previews amendments to the national labor relations act amid possible June adjournment. Mayor LaGuardia signals cautious support for Byrnes plan in a letter referenced by the senator.
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Congress
House
WPA
Senate
Workers Alliance
Federal Relief Administration
Alliance
David Lasser
Herbert Benjamin
Sen
Byrnes
S. C
PWA
CCC
National Youth Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
Public Buildings Division of
The
Treasury
Burke
Sen. Burke
Neb
Senate Labor Committee
LaGuardia
New York City
Clipper Completes Atlantic Round-Trip
The 42-ton Boeing flying boat Yankee Clipper completed an 11,117 mile trans Atlantic inspection flight landing on the Patapsco River in Baltimore. Capt Harold Gray said the performance justifies regular service this summer awaiting only air worthiness certification. Fog at Southampton caused the only schedule deviation. The crew and officials called the voyage uneventful and significant for aviation.
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INS
Patapsco River
Harold Gray
Pan- American Airways
Commerce Department
Southampton
Eng
Gray
Pan-American
Britain presses to bring Soviet Russia and Turkey into defence pact
London reports that after a hostile reaction to Roosevelt's peace plea, Britain accelerates talks with Soviet Union and Turkey. Discussions with Litvinov in Moscow cover two paths: an Anglo French Soviet air pact and Soviet delivery of war materiel to Romania and Poland. Chamberlain may announce new defence pledges to Turkey and a reciprocal defense deal when Parliament reconvenes.
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Italy
Roosevelt
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Turkey
Maxim M. Litvinov
Moscow
William Leeds
Neville Chamberlain
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Europe
Romania
Poland
Britain
France
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Two State Political Groups Clash in Charleston Vote
West Virginia eyes Charleston where the Democrats seek mayoral and council majorities as turnout nears. Democratic leaders predict a large win while Republicans mobilize funds and guards. the race centers on city stewardship and party strength ahead of the 1940 state election.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Frank L. Taylor
Paul E. Wehrle
West
Holt
P. H
Pat” Murphy
Tully
D. Boone Dawson
Murphy
Joseph Popp, Jr
J. A. Bibby, Jr
W. H. Belsches
P. T. Beard, Jr
James E. Roberts
George Singleton
W. M. Wood«roe
Dawson
Cyrus W. Hall
Roy H. Pierson
George Byers
Carl L. Davis
Homer H. Henson
George J. Huber
Harry Silverstein
Douglas to Join High Court Today
William O. Douglas will be sworn in as the youngest Supreme Court justice in 127 years at noon, beginning his judicial career after serving as chairman of the securities commission. Chief Justice Hughes administers the constitutional oath in private, with open-oath by clerk Cropley, as 45 cases await decision.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
The
Securities Commission
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Elmore Cropley
Douglas
Polish Press Skeptical on Nazi Fascist Pledge
Warsaw outlets greeted Roosevelt's appeal but doubted it could avert war. Wieczor Warszawski warned full success unlikely yet hopeful it might delay conflict and shift Italian stance. Kurier Warszawski praised but questioned German and Italian assurances. Nasz Przeglad saw US action as war in Europe loomed.
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Warsaw
Roosevelt
Wieczor Warszawski
Europe
Kurier
Warszawski
Paris
Munich
Nasz Przeglad
U. S
Latin American nations back FDR peace plan
The State Department reported a solid show of support for President Roosevelt’s 10 year non aggression proposal to Hitler and Mussolini. Sixteen of twenty Latin American republics endorsed the plan along with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Paraguay Guatemala Honduras and Haiti were the remaining holdouts with Haiti expected to reply after President Stenio Vincent’s return. others cited transmission gaps.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
State Department
Mackenzie King
Paraguay
Guatemala
Honduras
Haiti
Stenio Vincent
Peace Appeal Pleases Russia
Kalinin cabled Roosevelt to thank him for the peace appeal to Hitler and Mussolini and pledged the Soviet people will warmly welcome any move toward universal peace. Soviet circles noted Roosevelt named Russia among 31 nations for non aggression guarantees. De Valera voiced support for Roosevelt plan while questioning Berlin and Rome reports. Washington diplomats warned Japan may respond to European totalitarian moves, prompting a fleet redeployment to the Pacific.
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Mikhail I. Kalinin
Russia
Roosevelt
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Benito Mussolini
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Kalinin
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Eire
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Mussolini
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