Chamberlain pledges full public inquiry into Thetis sinking
In the Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a full public inquiry into the Thetis disaster. He blamed the loss on flooding of the forward compartments via a bow torpedo tube and said a rear door opened for reasons not yet explained. He noted the 103 aboard and that the vessel was unavailable for diving due to exceptionally strong spring tides.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Thetis
Temporary Haven Offered 907 Jews
The Cuban president granted conditional permission for the liner St. Louis to land 907 German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Pines for a temporary stay. Acceptance required guarantees they would not be public charges and that upkeep and re shipment costs would be paid, with a promised no longterm residency. Panama rejected appeals by Einstein and Wise to allow landing there.
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Havana
St. Louis
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Federico Laredo Bru
Laredo Bru
Prof
Albert Einstein
Stephen S. Wise
Panama
Juan DeMostenes Arosemena
LaGuardia Bars Nudity at World Fair Event
New York mayor acting as magistrate announced the city would not permit nudity at the World Fair. Cuban village head Harry R. Cash received 15 days in the workhouse. publicity men Robert Nevins and Samuel Friedman were jailed three days and fined $50 for overstepping propriety during a Miss Nude 1939 contest.
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New York
LaGuardia
Harry R. Cash
Robert Nevins
Samuel Friedman
Nazis Protest Spy Movie Sparks German Diplomatic Note
The German government lodged a bitter protest with the state department over Warner brothers film The Confessions of a Nazi Spy, calling it pernicious propaganda harming German American relations. The note, signed by Hans Thomsen, was delivered to Secretary Hull and reviewed by the MPPDA. officials noted no federal law blocks distribution and declined to judge the film's merits.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Warner Brothers
Hans Thomsen
Hull
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Hays Organization
Thomsen
U. S
New York
Hitler
Classmates Raise Funds for 14 Year Old Drowned Student
In New York City on June 5, Paul Pascuzzi, 14, was buried after classmates collected nickels dimes and quarters for his funeral. He drowned with four companions under White Stone Bridge, body recovered June 1. Paul was to be valedictorian with top grades. diploma placed in his white casket. Principal Angelo Patri led the class at graduation.
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New York
INS
Paul Pascuzzi
New York City
Paul
Whitestone Bridge
Angelo Patri
Supreme Court Declares Hague Law Invalid
The court rules the Hague law unconstitutional and voids its application in public streets and parks. The decision upholds ancient citizen rights while limiting government restrictions on assemblies.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Voids Jersey City Meeting Ban
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 ruling, struck down a Jersey City ordinance requiring permits for mass CIO meetings in streets and parks. It upheld milk marketing controls and kept alive a child labor amendment. Justice Roberts said the ordinance violated free assembly and public streets belong to the people. CIO counsel Lee Pressman called the decision a notable victory and a boost to labor rights nationwide.
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Supreme Court
Jersey City
CIO
Congress
Hague-Cio
Hague
Federal District Court For
New Jersey
Federal Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Justice Roberts
Justice Stone
Lee Pressman
Tom Pendergast Ill in Prison Hospital
Leavenworth Kansas June 5 IN Suffering a severe heart attack 67 year old Tom J Pendergast imprisoned political boss of Kansas City was moved to the prison hospital for treatment with only a fair chance of recovery The Justice Department said he has been removed to hospital care after beginning a 15 month term for income tax evasion Doctors testified he could not endure prison routine and might die if confined by the judge after his guilty plea to evading 265000 in taxes
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Kan
INS
Tom J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Pendergast
Federal Penitentiary
Department of Justice
Washington
Navy honors rescuers of 33 from Squalus disaster
The navy released Rear Admiral Cole's 26 page report praising the rescue of 33 crewmen from the sunken U S S Squalus off New Hampshire on May 23. Chief machinist's mate William Badders and torpedoman John Mihalowski led the perilous down trips in the rescue bell chamber.
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INS
Navy
U. S. S. Squalus
New Hampshire
Navy Department
C. W. Cole
Leahy
Naval Operations
Cole
William Badders
Annapolis
John Mihalowski
New London
Perfect Replies Given To Request For Fund
Elliot Jersen of Western Reserve University heads a fund drive and locates an alumnus who knows the answers. An invitation in 1936 drew a postcard saying unable to give anything just married. A few days later another card: still married, same effect.
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Cleveland
Elliot J. Jersen
Western Reserve University
Jensen
Third Term Call Issued by Ickes to Democrats
Secretary Harold L. Ickes urged Roosevelt supporters to back a third term in 1940 saying he favored a third term and that it aligned with founders of the republic. The Look magazine article was described as a trial balloon. President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner discussed legislative strategy amid party tensions.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Sec. of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Look
Groundswell
Garner
Democratic Party
White House
Capitol Hill
Suez Canal Board Denies Italy Demands for Representation
Paris June 5 The Suez Canal board rejected Italy’s bid for representation and refused to answer claims. officials accused Italy of forceful tactics and cited plans to seat on the board reduce transit charges or replace private management with an international body. The 19 French, 10 English, two Egyptians and one Dutchman govern the canal. Mussolini cited Tunisia and Djibouti as issues separating Italy from France.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
Marquis de Vogue
Italy
Suez Canal
Netherlands
Canal
Tunisia
Jibuti
Mussolini
France
Post Office Site Data Is Received
Legal action for condemned property on Charleston’s new post office site moves forward as U S district attorney confirms receipt of seven land parcels data fronting Lee Dickinson and Washington streets. Assistant U S district attorney Charles M Love says papers arrived Monday from Washington and action should start in two to three days.
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U. S. District Attorney’s Office
Charleston
Lee, Dickinson and
Washington Streets
Charles M. Love
U. S. District Attorney
The
Gazette
Washington
Opposition Halts Roosevelt Memorial Library Vote In Congress
After the House approved $2,500 for a Hoover portrait, Republicans blocked a Roosevelt memorial bill. The measure failed 229 to 139 under a gag rule, then leader Sam Rayburn signaled a revival under a majority rule. Roosevelt planned to donate papers to Hyde Park for public viewing with a future building.
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INL
House
Herbert Hoover
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rep. Treadway
Massachusetts
Rep. Walcott
Michigan
Fish
Rep. Schafer
Wisconsin
Rep. Fish
New York
Phantom slayer hunted after two killed in Metcalfe
National guardsmen joined the search for a so called phantom slayer after two men were killed and a Negro woman wounded near Jackson Mississippi. Vincent Grego urged Gov. Hugh White to assist in stopping the unknown shooter who has fired on at least five others. Ben Rogers, a Black man, was struck by a carborne shot. Two Negroes questioned were released.
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Metcalfe
Miss
INS
National
National Guard
Maj
T. B. Birdsong
Jackson
Vincent Grego
Hugh White
Sam Grego
Vincent
Ben Rogers
Sassin
Underpaid Teller Spared Jail Term
John Fiolka a $90 month bank teller received two years probation for embezzling $3,000 from a Chicago bank. Federal Judge John P. Barnes criticized the pay level while noting no funds were wasted and Fiolka acted to support his family.
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Chicago
INS
John Fiolka
John P. Barnes
Fiolka
Devaluation Profits Urged to Aid Small Business Loans
Marriner S. Eccles urged Congress to use part of profits from dollar devaluation as a cushion for a liberal new system of loans to small business. He said the plan would fill a gap in the financial mechanism and boost recovery for small and medium sized firms. Treasury officials pressed for tax revision to remove irritants and deterrents hampering business.
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Eccles
Washington
Congress
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Utah
Senate Banking
John W. Hanes
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House
Hanes
Wall Street
Morgenthau
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Pope Renews Peace Efforts Across Europe
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII has renewed efforts to peacefully resolve European disputes. He conferred with Britain's Holy See ambassador Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne and sent messages to London Paris Berlin Rome and Warsaw seeking a clear path to settlement. Prime Minister Chamberlain said he was unaware of any Vatican opposition to a British French mutual aid pact with the Soviet Union. Conversations between the Vatican and European governments continue.
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Vatican
Pius XII
Europe
Holy See
Francis D’arcy Godolphin Osborne
London
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Warsaw
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Soviet
Russia
Huntington and Piedmont Boys in Governor Race Primary
Rodney Wolford of Huntington and James Bernard Bissett of Piedmont won the Nationalist and Federalist gubernatorial nominations in a Mountaineer Boys State primary. Nearly 400 high school youths will vote tomorrow night in the American Legion summer school.
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Huntington and
Piedmont Boys
Jackson’s Mill
Rodney Wolford
Huntington
James Bernard Bissett
Piedmont
Mountaineer
Fawkes
Charles E. Rule
Clarksburg
Bissett
Keyras Bissett
James Stuart
Mt. Clare
Lewis Wells
Bens Run
William Manley, Jr
Bullet Hole Found At Harewood Home
The Duchess of Kent narrowly escaped harm when a man fired toward her outside Belgrave Square as she left for an American movie. Servants later found a bullet hole in a dining room window, signaling a possible ambush during the incident.
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London
INS
Duchess of Kent
George VI
Princess Royal
Belgrave Square
IRA Leader Held By Federal Agents
Federal agents detained Sean Russell a reputed IRA leader in Detroit. An accompanying man identified as Joseph McGarrity of Philadelphia was not detained. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are due in Windsor tomorrow across the river.
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Detroit
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Windsor
Ont
Detroit River
Free Press
Russell
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
U.S
Gunfire at Kent home targets royal couple in North America notes
A shooter fired at the Kent residence in London as the Princess Mary and Earl of Harewood slept. Scotland Yard pursued a suspect described as a visitor from Australia while authorities probe Irish Republican Army links amid attacks on royal relatives during the royal couple’s absence in North America.
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Princess Royal
Earl of Harewood
Mary
Lord Harewood
Scotland Yard
Kent
Australia
Duke of Kent
Irish Republican Army
George
Elizabeth
North America
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Northern Ireland
Royals Tour the Frood Mine in Sudbury Ontario
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the Frood mine hailed as the richest in the world in Sudbury. They wore safety helmets during the descent into the workings while the queen carried a light waterproof coat and rubbers. The royal train was delayed as the tour unfolded under a breezy, informal royal visit.
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Sudbury
Ont
INS
George VI
Frood
Sur
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Mississippi
King
Duchess of
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