U.S. Steps Into Coal Deadlock As Mediator
John R. Steelman, head of the U S conciliation service, will call a mediation conference in New York to resolve the soft coal wage deadlock between Appalachian operators and the United Mine Workers. The move aims to reopen contract talks amid 350000 idle miners and possible further government action.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Perkins
Steelman
Miss Perkins
New York
Appalachian Coal Operators
United Mine Workers of America
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
UMW
Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
Springfield
Ill
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Miners of America
Ozanic
U. S. Senate
Labor and Education Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
State Miners Given Awards State Miners Given Awards
Two West Virginians Grover Jarrett and E Z Baskin won the Joseph A Holmes medal for rescuing E T Belcher after he was pinned by a high voltage trolley wire in Winifrede West Virginia. Both men freed him and gave artificial respiration for four hours. Twenty other West Virginians received Holmes Safety Association certificates for long service or safety leadership in mining.
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Washington
West
Belcher
Bureau of Mines
Jarrett
Baskin
Massachusetts Guardsmen Train on New Anti Aircraft Gun
In Boston the 211th coast artillery regiment of the Massachusetts national guard receives instruction on the M2 anti aircraft gun. The unit is shown firing a three inch shell at a rate of 20 rounds per minute with a five mile range and learning the weapon's superiority claims by its commanding officer.
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Massachusetts National Guardsmen
211Th Coast Artillery Regiment
Boston
Go Easy on Wine Clergyman Urges Sparing Communion
London April 23 a Church of England clergyman Rev Leonard Spiller vicar of St Martin's West Acton urged parishioners to take only a tiny sip from the chalice at communion. He noted three recent reconsecrations and one communicant nearly drained the chalice.
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London
Leonard Spiller
St. Martin’s Church
West Acton
Fire at New York World's Fair Consumers Building
A blaze erupted in the consumers building at the New York world's fair just before opening day. Firefighters responded to two alarms as flames shot from the structure housing seven large Scott Bradford murals. The fire origin is undetermined and the flames were put out in under an hour with only minor damage.
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New York
Consumers
Scott Bradford
Army of Police To Guard King
The plan calls for joint mobilization of U S G men Scotland Yard operatives and state local police to guard the British king and queen from the Canadian border into the United States for their June 7 visit. Constable Canning says Americans are devoted to the sovereigns and expects a hearty welcome with no untoward incidents.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Albert Canning
Special Service Division
Scotland Yard
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Frank J. Wilson
State Department
America
England
U.S
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Constable Canning
Tonight
Canning
Coal Shutdown Could Turn to Gain by 1940
Economists acknowledge a current WV payroll loss of about 15 million dollars from three weeks of mine closure. They warn that resumed mining may restore most lost funds as markets shift, with above ground coal moving out and higher prices likely as output rebounds.
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West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
World Traders Invited to Fair
Washington April 23. Secretary of Commerce Hop kins invites international business men to attend the New York world’s fair to discuss plans for expanding global commerce. Read by Richard C. Patterson due to Hopkins illness, the message urged free idea exchange and a hopeful view of American democracy fueling business recovery through renewed trade flows.
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Washington
INS
Sec. of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Asst. Sec. of Commerce
Richard C. Patterson
National Broadcasting Company
U. S. World’s Fair Commission
America
U. S
Mystery deepens as Ruth Strickland identified in Paducah case
In Paducah Kentucky the missing 23 year old pianist Ruth Strickland was identified from a newspaper photo. Her sister denies romantic links saying she had no close boyfriends and preferred art to social life. The woman left home Monday with a note about seeking new places and people.
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Paducah
Ruth Strickland
Harvey
Floyd Jones
Pilots Age Limit Raised to Eighteen
Washington April 23 In the government plan to train 15000 young pilots annually the Civil Aeronautics Authority raised the private pilot license age from sixteen to eighteen years. Student permits may still be issued to youths sixteen.
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Washington
INL
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Britain Recasts Diplomacy as Berlin Talks Open
British Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson returns to Berlin after Berlin hints at acceptable peace demands. Britain's Mediterranean fleet sails from Malta toward strategic eastern routes. Romania’s Foreign Minister Gafencu arrives in London for talks on a reciprocal defense pact as Chamberlain calls an extraordinary meeting to consider Soviet and regional proposals.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Hitler
Malta
Suez Canal
Dardanelles
Roosevelt
Russia
Turkey
Grigore Gafencu
Britain
Romania
Neville Chamberlain
Opposition to Byrnes plan to unify relief agencies
Strong Democratic opposition surfaced in Washington to Senator Byrnes proposal to consolidate WPA, PWA, CCC, National Youth Administration, public roads bureau and treasury public buildings division under one agency with a fixed fund distribution. Senator O Mahoney denounced permanence of relief programs and urged rapid exit from relief administration.
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Washington
Sen
Byrnes
S.C
Public Works
O'Mahoney
Wyo
WPA
Permanence Byrnes
Senate
PWA
CCC
National Youth Administration
Public Roads Bureau
Treasury Public Buildings Division
Works Progress Administration
Night Club Fire Kills 1 Injures 30 in Mt. Vernon
A Lake Cornell night club fire in Mt. Vernon Ohio killed 38 year old Helen Colopy and injured about 30. Guests rushed exits and many were trampled as flames spread within five minutes. Kenyon College students attended the opening night and two were among the injured.
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MT. Vernon
Helen A. Colopy
Lake Cornell
Kenyon College
Gambier
Marcel Cornville
C. L. Harmer
Pete Wilson
Jess Hawkins
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Kenyon
Miss Colopy
Poland vows to resist any move on Danzig by Germany
A Warsaw dispatch says Poland warned Germany it would use all armed forces to oppose any attempt to change the status of the Free City of Danzig. The government weighs a strong public warning, possibly before Hitler’s Reichstag speech Friday.
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London
INS
Warsaw
Daily Telegraph
Poland
Germany
Free City
Danzig
Hitler
Reich
Reichstag
German Diplomacy Boosts Hopes Amid Encirclement Fear
Berlin reports German efforts to avert a British French encirclement as Hitler prepares to address the Reichstag. Nazi officials claim Britain and France seek to isolate Germany while visitors such as Yugoslav Foreign Minister Alexander Cincas Markovich reaffirm Belgrade Rome ties.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Britain
France
Alexander Cinca-Markovich
Belgrade
Rome
Liner's Youthful Watchman Is Held
A 19 year old watchman on the liner Paris was charged with negligence after a fire at Le Havre dock. Cesar Frank admitted missing his rounds between 2 and 2 30 am, delaying alarm. Investigators say the blaze began in several places. no charge of starting the fire was filed.
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LE Havre
France
Paris
Cesar Frank
Frank
Andre Corbelier
Roosevelt Says U S Will Not Send Expeditionary Force
President Roosevelt told White House callers no American expeditionary force would fight in Europe while he is in office. He aims to keep the nation out of war and would limit participation to naval, air, and economic spheres if Congress declares war. Isolationist forces in the Senate are reportedly solidifying amid neutrality act revision debates.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Europe
France
Britain
U. S
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Germany
Italy
Sen. Borah
Ida
Senate
Borah
New German Coup Smashed in Liechtenstein Bid
Report from Vaduz says Theodore Schaedler and 24 followers were arrested after a bloodless revolt attempt to seize Liechtenstein and hand it to Germany. Sixty Nazis demonstrated. 35 escaped into Austria. Liechtenstein, small and tax haven, borders Austria and Switzerland and hosts many holding companies.
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London
INS
Liechtenstein
Germany
Daily Express
Vaduz
Theodore Schaedler
Fuehrer
Schaedler
Austria
Switzerland
Europe
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Principality
Brookings urges drastic overhaul of federal tax system
The Brookings Institution calls for major tax reforms to free investment funds. It recommends abolishing the tax on intercorporate dividends, cutting surtax rates for high incomes, removing tax on undistributed profits, ending the normal corporate tax on dividends, and ignoring capital gains in corporate income tax calculations.
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Washington
The
Brookings Institution
James D. Magee
New York University
Magee
Safety Emphasis Guides Fast Army Air Expansion
Washington reports four consecutive crashes of army experimental warplanes push officials to stress safety in expanding the army air corps to 6,000 planes in two years and exposing thousands of college students to primary pilot training. Louis Johnson asserts no safety shortcuts in procurements or expansion.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Germany
Great Britain
Air Corps
Louis Johnson
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