Jobs Pickup Hiring Million Seen by FDR
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.762 billion dollars to fund federal relief through the next fiscal year, predicting employment will rise and WPA funds reduced to 1.477 billion. He cited improvements in industrial output and warned against equating unemployment in dictatorships with U S relief efforts.
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National Youth Administration
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
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House Relief Investigating Committee
Sen. Byrnes
South Carolina
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
Quote from Willie Willis about manners and interruptions highlighting social norms and family dynamics with a humorous bite. The piece reflects a lighthearted columnist voice typical of Quillen.
Super Roads Urged by FDR
President Roosevelt urged Congress to fund a new national highway network to aid long distance auto traffic and military movement in wartime. He proposed government acquisition of land beside the routes and selling or renting it later to private interests after road value increases.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Bureau of Roads
Wite's Lover Freed in Ohio Motor Murder Case
Harold Hastings is acquitted by three Ohio judges of murdering Carl Schlett on a snowy highway to free his lover Mrs. Schlett. Hastings, 33, from Sandusky, was imprisoned 52 days. he plans to seek work as soon as released. Mrs. Schlett remained jailed but expected to be freed.
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Schlett
Norwalk
Harold Hastings
Carl Schlett
Sandusky, O
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Hastings
Ben Lindas
Don Juan
Casanova
Frank Carpenter
Schletts
Maisky
Paris
Georges Bonnet
Russia
Copenhagen
Page two aid request note from newspaper archive
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Resigned Judge Seeks Swift Trial in Corruption Case
Former U S Circuit Judge Martin T Manton pleaded innocent to two conspiracy indictments alleging judicial corruption. Co defendants William J Fallon Forrest W Davis and George M Spector also pleaded innocent with John L Lotsch’s plea deferred. Manton had resigned after Dewey accused him of accepting about 400000 in loans from litigants in his court.
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U. S
Martin T. Manton
William J. Fallon
Forrest W. Davis
George M. Spector
John L. Lotsch
Manton
New York County Dist
Thomas E. Dewey
Coal Negotiations Progress Amid Soft Coal Standstill
New York April 27. Operators and union leaders in soft and hard coal sectors pressed talks to avert a national shutdown. Dr John Steelman called the situation “slightly hopeful” as he met both sides after joint sessions, while CIO and United Mine Workers President John L Lewis stayed at the center of the deadlock over the penalty clause. Mayor LaGuardia warned of a crisis in New York City within 48 hours if impasse persists.
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National Coal
CIO
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
John Steelman
Steelman
Lewis
LaGuardia
Albany
New York City
Poughkeepsie
Miners Await Relief Verdict Amid Unemployment Pleas
The United Mine Workers press Washington for relief or unemployment benefits for about 100000 idle miners. A West Virginia ruling is challenged as the union seeks immediate aid, with Rep Schiffler and state officials urging action. William Blizzard notes no reply, while telegrams push Surplus Commodities for food and necessities.
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Washington
National Capital
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Social Security Board
West Virginia
William Blizzard
District 17
Roosevelt
Rep. Schiffler
W. Va
Ohio
Brooke Marshall
Marion
Taylor
Union
Congressional
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Hitler to Answer Roosevelt Appeal With Own Peace Formula
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler will reject Roosevelt’s appeal for a long peace and present his own plan for a just peace. He will reference past terms and mention demilitarization moves, Britain’s conscription and Poland’s alliance as context. Crowds gather at the Kroll Opera House amid flags and banners.
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Hitler
Rhineland
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Italy
Britain
Poland
Kroll Opera House
Vagrant Faces Kidnap Quiz
William Jernigan, 31, held in Bridgeport for questioning by state and federal authorities in the Kidnap murders of Peter Levine, Mary Imelda Coyle, and Charles Fletcher Mattson. Jernigan, arrested in Ridgefield, claims to be the son of a wealthy Jackson physician and a Northwestern graduate. a discharge slip shows a Staten Island hospital stay in late March.
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Conn
INS
William Jernigan
Kindap
Peter Levine
Mary Imelda Coyle
Charles Fletcher Mattson
Jernigan
Ridgefield
Jackson
N. C
Northwestern University
Staten Island
N. Y
Operator Assails Coal Price-Fixing at Mining Congress
George B. Harrington, head of Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal, told the American Mining Congress in Cincinnati that federal price fixing aims to raise prices and allocate business. His New Orient mine in Illinois outputs over 2,000,000 tons annually and he criticizes the Guffey act's price fixing as unsatisfactory.
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Cincinnati
American Mining Congress
George B. Harrington
Chicago
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
FHA Insurance Limit Raised by Billion in Housing Bill
The senate voted a 1 billion dollar increase in the Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance limit and approved a two year extension of construction stimulus programs. The measure, added to house legislation, would add to the existing 3 billion limit and requires president approval for use.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
House
Bank Robber Fails As Bomb Misfires In Alabama Heist
Albert Durrett, a Nashville real estate dealer, attempted to rob the Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank with a dynamite bundle. A weak dry cell battery prevented detonation, and Patrolman W. E. Coleman overpowered Durrett, who is jailed on a $50 000 bond after pleading guilty to attempted bank robbery with a lethal weapon.
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Ala
Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank
Hollums
Albert Durrett
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Durrett
John S. Coleman
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Coleman
West Virginia Business Outlook Improves Amid Coal Uncertainty
The state chamber of commerce reports March gains across building permits bank debits and department store sales, with power output and telephone usage rising. It warns that continued coal shutdown would curb overall business and state government revenues, though a May Index forecast may show declines in mines but a brighter national mood offers optimism for the year.
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State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Says World Fair Speech Not a Rebuttal
President Roosevelt declares his World Fair address will not respond to Adolf Hitler's reported Reichstag speech. Hassett confirms dictation of the speech completed at Hyde Park as Hitler's reply is relayed. Roosevelt skips a Friday press conference and plans a family dinner for visiting Norwegian and Danish royals aboard the Potomac.
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William D. Hassett
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Poughkeepsie
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Reichstag
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Hyde Park House
Pittman Bill Seeks Power to Halt Munitions Exports to Japan
Sen. Key Pittman introduces a Senate joint resolution to empower the President to stop exportation of munitions and non military goods to Japan. The measure aims at enforcing the Nine Power Pact and protecting open door rights in China.
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INS
China
Sen
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate
Roosevelt
Japan
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain approves conscription plan amid wartime crisis
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's plan for military conscription wins strong approval in the house of commons 376 to 145 with a laborite amendment defeated 380 to 143. The House of Lords also unanimously backs the draft policy as Britain readies for looming European tensions and escalates talks with Soviet Russia.
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London
INS
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
House of Commons
Commons
House of Lords
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Europe
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
U. S
Australia
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Dublin
Eamon de
Chamberlain
Soviet Russia
Viscount Halifax
Ivan M. Maisky
Moscow
England
Meeting at Sea Rejected by Dictators
New York April 27 AP The New York Times via Arthur Krock says President Roosevelt proposed a sea conference with Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler to seek their minimum terms for lasting peace and offer to act as intermediary if terms were practicable The overture was set for some months ago between the May and September crisis and suggested each leader sail privately to a naval vessel for the meeting
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New York
New York Times
Washington
Arthur Krock
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hitler
the Times
Signor Mussolini
Soviet Flier Kokkinaki Leaves Moscow for New York
Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki, famed Soviet long distance flier, took off at 4 19 a m Moscow time on a non stop flight to New York. Tass reports the route will pass Iceland and Greenland for about 4600 miles.
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Vladimir Kokkinaki
New York
Tass
Kokkinaki
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Greenland
Roosevelt Urges Break for Workers Over Forty
President Roosevelt called on employers to give special consideration to workers over 40 and proclaimed April 30 as Employment Week and Employment Sunday. He issued the proclamation at Hyde Park while preparing to meet Norwegian royals and noted a committee found no reason for age prejudice.
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Hudson River
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Veterans’ Organizations
Olav
Martha
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Europe
Ben F Watson Dies at 69 Former Kanawha official named county president
Benjamin Franklin Watson 69 of Shrewsbury died at home after a brief illness from a heart attack. He served as Kanawha county court president since January and previously as purchasing agent. A longtime Democrat, he was Mammoth postmaster from 1903 to 1921 and held WPA and HOLC roles earlier. He was active in public service and business in Cabin Creek.
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Kanawha County Court
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Mr. Watson
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Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company
Cabin Creek
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HOLC
Old Kanawha Institute
Charleston
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