Miners Face Aid Need Amid Deadlocked Coal Talks
In New York on April 26 AP reports Dr. John R. Steelman mediat ing between operators and United Mine Workers over the Appalachian area shutdown. West Virginia relief officials claim no acute want while 143,985 in district 17 are listed as in need of food due to the strike.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Appalachian
Hotel
Biltmore
United Mine Workers
Steelman
Sec. Perkins
Associated Press
West Virginia
Joseph Black
Jobless Miners Seek New Unemployment Appeal
United Mine Workers call on the Social Security Board to act to effectively enforce the unemployment compensation law in West Virginia or halt further federal aid. William Blizzard, UMWA district 17 vice president, says the coal shutdown is a lockout and wires social security general counsel Jack B. Tate with the demand for action.
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Social Security Board
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
Umwa District 17
Jack B. Tate
Tate
Blizzard
Neutrality Act Amendment Aims to Protect U S Shipping
Washington April 26 AP high administration advisers seek a neutrality act amendment to permit American ships to serve British dominions and other possessions during war. Exemptions would allow cargo to outlying parts not in danger zones, keeping routes to Canada Australia New Zealand India Hong Kong Bermuda and more unless zones are declared dangerous. Senate committee hearings continued as Dorothy Thompson urged outright repeal for flexible wartime policy.
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Washington
High Administration
British Empire
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
British South Africa
India
Hong Kong
Bermuda
France
Italy
Ethiopia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dorothy Thompson
U. S
Farmers Victors In Labor Fight In Somerset Pa
Farmers and laborers in Somerset win the right to work on part of Pennsylvania's dream highway without joining a union. The County Construction company abrogated a closed shop with an AFL union after three days of unrest. About 80 workers on site. 125 residents form the Somerset County Independents led by W. B. Glessner and plan a march.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
AFL
Somerset County Independents
W. B. Glessner
Dorothy Arnold Engaged to Joe DiMaggio After Spring Training
Dorothy Arnoldine Olson shown in a Hollywood kitchen doing a light spring training as rumors rise of her engagement to New York Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio, based in New York, confirms the engagement but wedding plans await season’s end.
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Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnoldine Olson
Hollywood
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
Joe
New York
Poison Ring Probe Widens Across States
Philadelphia news reports a middle aged Italian immigrant labeled a big shot of a death for profit poison ring. Capt. James A. Kelly details a widow confession and a sprawling investigation with at least four eastern states involved and exhumed bodies tracing poison deaths over a decade.
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Philadelphia
New York
James A. Kelly
Kelly
Seaboard
Wilmington
Del
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
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State Troopers Try Out Lie Detector In Parkersburg Robbery
In Parkersburg on April 26, state police tested a new lie detector during the robbery of the police department safe. A meat merchant, William C. Albright, had $726.32 stored in the unlocked strong box over the weekend. Mayor J S Dunn said all police and others known to be around the station would face the test as part of the investigation.
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Parkersburg
William C. Albright
J. S. Dunn
Boy Smiles Despite Looming Death From Leukemia
Parkerstown AP report details 15 year old Lester Harmon battling acute leukemia at St. Joseph's hospital. Doctors note white cell counts drop from 980000 to 140000 due to X-ray treatments, while the patient remains cheerful and engaged with nurses and comic strips.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lester
Albanian allegiance shift slips past U.S. court
In Chicago on April 26, Hysen Abas, 48, received final citizenship papers in federal court and swore allegiance to King Zog I of Albania rather than Mussolini's Albania, illustrating how U.S. courts lag behind rapid European changes.
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Chicago
INS
Zog I
Albania
Greece
Hysen Abas
Italy
Zog
Abas
Mussolini
Europe
Trolley Cars Will Disappear From Charleston Transit
Charleston officials said all trolley car service in and to Charleston will be replaced within 90 days by buses. The Kanawha City run will be first freed of trolleys as 15 buses are ordered to arrive in about 60 days with 32 passenger units and 40 passenger buses available later. Rerouting from Cabin Creek will move to Washington and Capitol streets as paving on Virginia Street begins next week.
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Charleston
Charleston Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Kanawha City
Cabin Creek
Washington and
Capitol Streets
Virginia Street
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Lily Pons Asked to Visit No 1 Fan in Connecticut Jail
Norwalk police discuss a possible visit by Lily Pons to Arthur Casper a 35 year old California railroad mechanic jailed on breach of peace after arriving at the singer’s Norwalk home shouting for her He was transported to the jail after a cross country trip by bus and taxi The case has arraignment set for Monday The singer’s attorney said Casper was arrested in January in San Bernardino after sending 400 love notes that disrupted her work
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Norwalk
Conn
INS
Lily Pons
Arthur Casper
California Railroad
Seely
John Flynn
Casper
Miss Pon
William F. Tammany
Romeo
San Bernardino
Cali
Miss Pons
Army Moves to 571 Warplanes in Record Order
President Roosevelt signed the war department appropriation of 549 million dollars and the army placed a record order for 571 warplanes costing over 50 million dollars. Sec. of War Woodring outlined steps to weed out aged and unfit officers as Britain announced conscription. The push aims to triple air strength to 6,000 planes, with five manufacturers and engines ordered.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Army High Command
Sec
War
Woodring
Great Britain
Hitler
White House
Mussolini
Congress
Louis Johnson
Denial of Frequent Intimacy in Norwalk Murder Trial
In Norwalk, Harold Hastings denies frequent intimacy with Mrs. Coletta Schlett and claims he did not pick up her husband Carl Schlett the night he died in January after a snowy highway collision. Mrs. Schlett and Hastings face first degree murder charges as trial unfolds.
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Norwalk
Coletta Schlett
Harold Hastings
Carl Schlett
Elaine Will Divorce John Barrymore
ST LOUIS April 26 John Barrymore confirms reports that his fourth wife Elaine Barrie will divorce him after two and a half years of marriage. He says they are two people who did not hit it off and will part friends. He notes incompatibility as a probable charge.
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ST. Louis
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Elaine
Barrymore
British Labor Plans To Fight Government Conscription Order
British Labor plans to oppose the government conscription order as Nazis call Britain's action a bluff. Berlin notes Germany’s final form of Hitler’s Reichstag speech, with Mussolini shaping the draft and Britain paying for defense in a vast empire.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Nachtausgabe
Britain
England
von Ribbentrop
Alexander Cincard Markovitch
German Built Boat May Carry Rulers
London April 26 report suggests King George and Queen Elizabeth may traverse the Atlantic in a German built passenger liner for their U S and Canada visit next month if the Admiralty keeps the Repulse at home amid European tension. The Empress of Australia, built at Stettin before World War I and once named Tirpitz, is proposed as the liner.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
Atlantic
U. S
Canada
Admiralty
Repulse
Stettin
Germany
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Fascist Press Keeps Eye On Britain Over Conscription
Rome reports the Fascist press chiding Britain for enacting conscription while noting signs the government weighs its impact on Europe. Commentary from Leghorn voices that British Labour opposition clashes with imperial aims, and hints Germany’s Hitler may respond on the axis issue.
Britain declares conscription with 200000 immediate impact
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced compulsory military service with the first step the conscription of all able bodied men aged 20 to 7 years. He warned of possible further calls and a labor crisis as unions threaten opposition while experts expect about 200000 to be affected at once.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Chamberlain
House
Britain
Charles II
House of Commons
Trades Union Council
Joseph Little
Engineering Union
Labor
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
Europe
Roosevelt
Marion Talley Sobs Over Custody Hearing For Newborn Daughter
In New York on April 26, Mar ion Talley testified sobbing at a custody hearing for the daughter she left as a newborn to pursue films. The former Kansas City child soprano said estranged husband Adolph Eckstrom forced the departure to fulfill a Hollywood contract, repeatedly resisting leaving the child despite her wishes. She identified a photo of the 4-year-old girl, who recently marked a birthday, and denied the child was premature.
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New York
Marion Talley
Kansas City
Adolph Eckstrom
Hollywood
Miss Talley
Eckstrom
Small Part of Armor Plant Reopened to Rush Ships
A minor section of the idle South Charleston ordnance plant will reopen under Navy direction to speed warship construction. Only a few heating furnaces will operate, with no new personnel, as Carnegie Illinois Steel will process lightweight heat treated plates at Homestead and ship them to South Charleston for heat treatment.
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Steel Company
Battlecraft
South Charleston
Navy Department
Theo. G. Haff
Navy
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
Homestead
Washington
National Youth Administration
Air Corps
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Sir Nevile Henderson
Nevile
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Foreign Office
von Ribbentropp
Robert Coulondre
Coulondre
Henderson
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