UMW Pledges Emergency Coal To Institutions
The United Mine Workers pledge coal to schools hospitals churches and homes for the sick as eight state Appalachian shutdown reduces bituminous supply. John R. Steelman travels to Washington for a labor report while James F. Dewey remains available.
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UMW
New York
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Appalachian
CIO
John R. Steelman
U. S. Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Washington
Perkins
James F. Dewey
Taft Attacks Ballyhooing of New Deal in Speech
Senator Taft denounces the New Deal as a failure and says the administration is using foreign issues to distract from home troubles. He cites unemployment and lower national income in 1938, criticizing New Dealers for lacking ideas amid Republican strategy ahead of 1940. Governor Baldwin calls relief funds a political weapon.
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Washington
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Congress
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Catholics Called In Peace Prayer for May Crusade
Pope Pius XII urged Catholics worldwide to join a May crusade of prayer for peace. He emphasized child participation and praying to the Virgin Mary to obtain peace, unity, and the removal of anxieties. A consistory for new cardinals may be held late May or early June, possibly including Americans.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Seven Counties Short On School Funds
Seven counties told the department of education that their terms will be eight to nine months due to finances. Monroe County plans eight and a half months. Gov Holt said no extra money is available to extend Marshall County schools beyond eight months after talks with delegations.
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Department of Education
Monroe County
Guy H. Biggs
Board of Education
Holt
Marshall County
Hitler marks 50th birthday with largest parade in Berlin
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler celebrated his 50th birthday with a four and a half hour national parade displaying Germany's military might. Observers noted 40 000 soldiers, warplanes, and a crowd exceeding 1 000 000 along a three mile avenue.
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Berlin
INS
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Imperial Castle
Technology School
Fuehrer
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Erich Raeder
Navy
U. S
Sudetenland
Greater Germany
Free City
Danzig
Albert Forester
Forester
Baltic
Poland
Mrs Lindbergh Sails For U S With Sons From Havre
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh and her two sons Jon and Land sailed from Havre aboard the Champlain to rejoin Col Lindbergh at the war department. The voyage passed the burned and foundered hulk of the liner Paris, which she had planned to sail on. French detectives accompanied.
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Havre
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
Land
U. S
Champlain
Col. Lindbergh
War Department
Paris
Business Chaos Forecast If Mine Pact Isn't Reached
The West Virginia chamber of commerce warned of business and government financial turmoil if the $3,000,000 mine payroll is not restored. The Progressive Mine Workers of America pressed a lockout claim against three large coal firms after contracts expired. A Stansbury office release notes miners’ wages make up about 25 percent of state wages and warns continued mine shutdowns would injure state finances. Bank debits fell 10 percent vs last month and 11 percent vs April 1938, signaling broader economic strain.
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Progressive Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Harry A. Stansbury
State Chamber
West Virginia
Claude L. Smith
Progressive
Mystery Sub Sighting Triggers Halifax Harbor Net
The Royal Canadian Navy began laying a submarine net across Halifax harbor entrance after multiple reports of a submarine seen off the Nova Scotia coast. Minesweepers and destroyers hurry to locate the U boat as sightings increase near Cape Breton and Chebucto Head.
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Halifax
N. S
INS
Royal Canadian Navy
Halifax Harbor
Nova Scotia
Parcells’ Cove
McNab’s Island
Cape Breton
Lockport
Cornerbrook
Glasgow
Chebucto Head
Save Baby Plea Draws Wide Help From Doctors
The Brooklyn mother Mrs Rose Miller wins wide response as Beth Moses hospital calls brain and eye specialists to treat her nine month old daughter who faces blindness and possible death within weeks. Park avenue and Westchester eye specialists offer charity services after reading the appeal. The child was normal at birth but later suffered broken hips and blindness.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
Beth Moses Hospital
Rose Miller
Park Avenue
Westchester County
Nazi Banner Flies At Huntington High School
An American Legion spokesman condemned the incident as one of the worst insults to the American people after a homemade Nazi banner appeared tied to the Huntington High School flagpole. Firemen spent two hours climbing and cutting cords to remove it while classes were dismissed and students watched. Police and officials labeled it a student prank.
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Huntington
American Legion
Squire Bolton
Lindbergh pushes U S lead in aircraft research plans
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh urged American officials to strive for world leadership in plane development. He pressed for a $10 million NACA program to create a Sunnyvale California research station and speed up quality over quantity in aviation.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army
Navy
U. S
F.D.R
Lindbergh
NACA
Sunnyvale
Cal
Langley Field
White House
New England Invasion Fought by Army Navy
Defense of southern New England against an enemy invasion began with army, navy and coast guard units in a mimic warfare. Army bombers and flying fortresses were deployed after a report that the navy had been sighted 250 miles out in the Atlantic. Planes from Boston and Rhode Island took part in the maneuvers.
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Hillsgrove
R. L
INS
New England
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Boston
Rhode Island
War Crisis Held Most Delicate
Sen Hattie Caraway told the D A R congress that the international situation is the most delicate America has faced and urged keeping the state department to handle it while Americans do not seek war. She warned war may be unavoidable to defend life liberty and religious rights. Congress later urged regulation of private military forces in the United States.
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Washington
Hattie Caraway
Ark
D. A. R. Congress
State Department
America
Sen
Caraway
Congress
U. S
Mussolini calls Roosevelt peace plan absurd amid Rome exposition
Il Duce says Italy expects three years of peace and cites Rome 1942 world exposition as proof while rejecting a 10-year non aggression guarantee as absurd. He warns against labeling the axis as aggressors and emphasizes peace, without naming Roosevelt.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Roosevelt
Il Duce
Rome-Berlin
Germany
Julius Caesar
Walsh Attacks War Meddling in Senate Debate
Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts denounced efforts to take sides in European tensions and to avoid war by aggression short of war. The Senate passed amendments to a $65 million naval base construction bill, sending it to President Roosevelt, with $17 million allocated for a Jacksonville base and the rest for other bases.
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Washington
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
America
Bay State
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Roosevelt
Walsh
Congress
Jacksonville
Fla., Naval Base
Bul
Duce's Talk Gives Faint Peace Hope
AP reports Mussolini's dismissive reply to Roosevelt did not erase faint hope for peace. Officials note his Rome address still leaves room for conference table diplomacy to ease economic inequities and stabilize Europe through collaboration.
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Duce
Washington
Mussolini
Roosevelt
State Department
Rome
Sec. Hull
America
Sen. Green
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S
Europe
Soviet Russia Proposes Pact Adding Turkey to Alliance
London April 20 The Soviet Union issued constructive proposals toward an Anglo French Russian bloc. Britain may sign a triple entente before Hitler speaks April 28. Turkey Poland Rumania and Greece could join as part of a grand alliance with England France and Russia.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Soviet Union
Moscow
Paris
Russia
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Leslie Burgin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Roosevelt
Turkey
Poland
Rumania
Greece
England
France
Berlin
Ussr
William Leeds
Maxim M. Litvinov
Ivan M. Maisky
Britain
Litvinov
Central Committee of
Far East
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Three Prisoners Die In Worcester Jail Fire
A wing fire at Worcester county jail killed three prisoners and injured at least 15 as 250 inmates caused chaos. Sheriff H Oscar Rocheleau suspects an inmate set the blaze. guard reports two escapes despite police cordon. Chief Guard Robert Buss says the fire began in a basement cell and one victim, a Negro, died in a padded cell. Firefighters were overwhelmed. several inmates treated for smoke inhalation.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester County
H. Oscar Rocheleau
Robert Buss
Democrats Must Get FDR Support to Win in 1940
President Roosevelt urges full loyalty to New Deal policies as the path to victory in 1940. He states ten million independents decide elections and warns party factions to align with his leadership, while denying any third term pledge.
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Kirk L. Simpson
Washington
Roosevelt
Young Democratic
New Deal
Democratic Party
Republican Party
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