Britain Mobilizes for War as Netherlands Den marks Denmark Get Protection
Prime Minister Chamberlain pledged Britain's support for the independence of the Netherlands Switzerland and Denmark amid European military tensions. He said Britain will boost production and war potential while delaying compulsory national service.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Chamberlain
Britain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Denmark
Commons
House of Commons
Europe
Great Britain
England
Dominions
Secre
Spain Denies Intent to Fight in War Shifts
Paris reports say France obtained assurances from Burgos that Spanish troop moves to Morocco were for postwar demobilization and not for war on France or Britain. Spanish ambassador Lequerica told Bonnet that Moroccan forces were returning home, not massing at the French border. Diplomats note German naval activity in Spanish waters could threaten supply lines in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Burgos
Spain
Spanish Morocco
Britain
Jose Felix Lequerica
Georges Bonnet
French
Morocco
Americas
Baltic
North Sea
Quote on chivalry sparks debate in small town
In a satirical note by Robert Quillen, Willie Willis quotes a man who questions practical chivalry. The line suggests frustration with letting women have their way and mocks the idea of practice for such behavior.
Berlin Camera Ban Signals Surprise at Birthday Review
Berlin authorities barred photographs of troops or equipment during the Hitler birthday celebration. Private planes were forbidden to fly over the city from 7 p m Wednesday to 8 p m Thursday with anti aircraft guns on guard. Commercial liners may approach Templehof from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Templehof
Fascists Seek Hungary's Aid In War Alignment
Rome reports Mussolini and Hungarian leaders began talks to link Hungary with the Rome Berlin axis should war arise. Hungarian premier Teleky and Foreign Minister Csaky travel to Berlin to finalize negotiations with Hitler as Hungary aligns with anti Comintern and withdraws from the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Hungary
Paul Teleky
Stephen Csaky
Berlin
Hitler
League of Nations
Fascist
Italy
Albania
First Lady's Nephew Killed in Plane Crash
Two young Americans died when their plane crashed near Guadalupe Victoria in Puebla state. Bronson Rumsey of Sands Point, Long Island, and Daniel Roosevelt of Boston were Harvard students. Carlota Constantine, daughter of Arthur Constantine, survived with a broken leg.
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Mexico City
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Guadalupe Victoria
Puebla
Bronson Rumsey
Sands Point
Long Island
Daniel Roosevelt
Boston
Mass
Harvard
Carlota Constantine
Sarah Lawrence College
Arthur Constantine
International News Service
Hitler appoints Von Papen ambassador to Turkey amid Greek and Spanish naval maneuvers
Berlin reports Hitler returns to capital and names Franz Von Papen as ambassador to Turkey. The German navy steams 25 ships toward Spanish waters for maneuvers while France Britain and Malta monitor the Mediterranean. Hitler marks his 50th birthday as Roosevelt attacks persist.
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von Papen
Turkey
Britain
France
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
Spanish
Malta
Hitler
Roosevelt
Ohio River Crest Forecast Near 46 Feet in West Virginia
The upper Ohio River rose toward crest as heavy rains in the Muskingum valley push Point Pleasant West Virginia toward a 46 foot level, threatening floodwater to lower streets and prompting temporary evacuations. Marietta expects 36 feet, while Cincinnati forecasters adjust from 60.8 to 58-59 feet. Residents mostly declined aid and stayed put.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Muskingum Valley
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta
Muskingum
W. C. Devereaux
Cincinnati
Newport
FDR and First Lady to Greet Britain's Monarchs in Washington
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will meet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Union Station on June 8 and escort them by motor to the White House for a two day visit. An official reception at Niagara Falls will precede their crossing into the United States.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
U. S
Niagara Falls
Washington
Roosevelt
England
White House
State Department
N. Y
Hull
Canada
New York State
Union Station
Fairbanks Jr and Mrs Hartford Apply for Los Angeles Marriage License
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Mary Lee Epling Hartford of New York and Welch West Virginia applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles yesterday. They plan to wed Saturday in a Beverly Hills church. Fairbanks 29 Hartford 28. Tyrone Power and Ann Carpentier known as Annabella also applied for licenses. Power 24 Annabella 25. It will be her second marriage and Power's first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Mary Lee Epling Hartford
New York
Welch
W. Va
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Fairbanks
Hartford
Tyrone Power
Ann Carpentier
Annabella
Power
Fire sweeps French liner Paris near loss and deaths
Fire of unknown origin aboard the French liner Paris caused extensive damage estimated in thousands of dollars and threatened an art cargo valued at 650000 dollars. One official was killed and a fireman badly hurt as the center of the ship burned. The vessel was preparing to sail from Le Havre to New York with Louvre paintings and marble statues aboard.
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LE Havre
France
Paris
North Atlantic
New York
E.S.T
Sourdille
Louvre
Broad Trade Gains Shown
New York reports a broad sampling of American business at annual meetings shows improved earnings in recent months versus last year amid war threat. B F Goodrich chair David M. Goodrich cites a 650000 profit in Q1 1939 versus a 1650000 loss in Q1 1938. Other executives note higher sales and orders across U S Rubber General Electric Union Carbide Chrysler and W T Grant chain stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David M. Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Company
F. B. Davis, Jr
U. S. Rubber Company
Detroit
H. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Schenectady
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Workers Alliance Officer Reveals Communist Ties
Herbert Benjamin secretary treasurer of the Workers Alliance, a WPA union, testified to the House relief investigating committee that he has been a Communist party member for 18 years. He named three national executive board members as Communists and the panel tied three more to the party. 14 others’ affiliations could not be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Herbert Benjamin
Workers Alliance
WPA
House Relief Investigating Committee
Communist Party
Benjamin
Rep
Wigglesworth
Mass
Sam Wiseman
New York City
Arnold Johnson
Cleveland
Alexander Noral
Los Angeles
Wallace Talbot
Utah
Harold Brockaway
Seattle
Russell Wattson
Philadelphia
Rival Husbands Join In Jailing Their Wife On Bigamy Charge
Two men Raymond Daggett and Leonard Ferguson each claimed to be husband of Alberta Daggett 20 and filed bigamy warrants. They met by chance, confronted her at her parents home, and took her to Maplewood police station where she told officers she was torn between love for both men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Raymond Daggett
Alberta Daggett
Leonard Ferguson
James C. Ryan
Maplewood
Ferguson
Daggett
Mrs. Daggett
Leonard
Raymond
Don’t Change Wagner Act Madden Asks
Washington AP President Pro Tempore Madden of the National Labor Board urges retention of the Wagner Act in its present form before Senate labor committee hearings on Burke amendments and AFL proposals. He argues changes would revoke labor liberties and cites ongoing union reliance on the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madden
Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Board
Sen. Burke
D.-Neb
Burke
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Labor Board
AFL
Anxiety Grows Over Coal Wage Tieup
Island Creek Coal president James D. Francis warns of spreading anxiety as the coal wage tieup persists. He notes no actual shortage yet with about 250 cars stored on Chesapeake and Ohio lines and only small price increases. He cannot predict when the stoppage ends and says operators are extending credit to miners amid no regional disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Francis
Chesapeake and Ohio
West Virginia
Island Creek
New York
U S Mediating Coal Deadlock
Federal mediation was accepted by United Mine Workers and soft coal operators in an eight state Appalachian area after five weeks of deadlock. James F. Dewey of the Labor Department served as mediator for Secretary Perkins though not representing the White House. The unions and operators planned direct talks while the UMW CIO prepared for a separate agreement with anthracite interests covering 100 000 to 125 000 Pennsylvania miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Appalachian
James F. Dewey
WU. S. Department of Labor
Sec. Perkins
White House
United Mine Workers (Cio
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Republicans Recapture Control at Clarksburg
Clarksburg voters elected six Republicans and two Democrats to the city council, with a Republican leading in the ninth ward. March L Pritchard won a six year term on the water board 6 050 to 5 116 over Robert C Randolph, one precinct remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
March L. Pritchard
Water Board
Robert C. Randolph
Cyril Stanton
Harry 8. Weeks
S. B. Criss
Russell Sandy
Frank Underwood
Haymond Rapp
Vernon Lyon
Fred Scanes
Brady Sims
Maid for Whom Lord Renounced His Title Dies
The romance of Eliza Sheldon Harrison Drummond and Viscount Forth ends with her death at 89 in Brooklyn. Forth, heir to Perth title, renounced wealth for love in the 1880s, eloping to Liverpool and later moving to America. He died at 31 after tuberculosis and years of poverty, once called Lord Drummond the fisherman.
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Eliza Drummond
Brooklyn
U. S
New York
Eliza Sheldon Harrison Drummond
Viscount Forth
Earl of Perth
May
Liverpool
America
Brookhaven
N. Y
Lord Drummond
Europe
Trinity Courtyard
George Essex Montifex Drummond
Forth
Lindbergh Opened for Warplane Leadership Survey
Col Charles A Lindbergh was placed on active duty to survey U S aviation research facilities for the army air corps. He departed on an inspection of research centers and will report to Maj Gen Henry Arnold. Congress had boosted Langley Field funds and approved a Sunnyvale aviation station, while Roosevelt met with advisers on economic defenses.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S. Army
Germany
U. S
Sec. of War
Woodring
Lindbergh
Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Henry Arnold
Arnold
National Advisory Committee
Dix
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Langley Field
Sunnyvale
Calif
Roosevelt
Europe
Morgenthau and
Wallace
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Stock Exchange
House Merchant Marine Committee
Panama Canal
Home Owners Seek Easier Loan Terms in Congress
A group of over 50 homeowners from New York and other states pressed for HOLC relief in Washington. They urged interest rate cuts from 5 to 3 percent, a two year foreclosure moratorium, and 30 year payback, backed by E L Oliver of the CIO aligned labor groups.
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Washington
New York
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Empire State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Oliver
E. L. Oliver
Labor
League
CIO
Congress
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan
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