King George and Queen Elizabeth Visit New York World’s Fair
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in New York amid a six hour, 3,000,000 strong welcome. They toured Columbia University and the fair, met Mayor LaGuardia and Gov. Lehman, and observed a 21 gun salute before an emotional crowd at the Palace of Nations.
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Queen Elizabeth
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Canada
King
George Washington
U. S
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Fort Hancock
N. J
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Coast Guard
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Governors Island
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Herbert H. Lehman
Brittania
Valentine
Battery
Fort George Washington
England
Union Station
Washington
Capial
Gen. E. M. Watson
Mrs. Cordell Hull
Secretary of State
Hull
House approves social security revision with $40 pensions
The House passed amendments expanding social security benefits including $40 monthly pensions for the aged and added 1.1 million people into old age provisions. It creates a separate trust fund and a board of trustees to manage revenues and investments.
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Doughton
Treasury
the Treasury and Labor
Social Security Board
Board of Trustees
Washington
House
Political Trial Opens Monday at Harrisburg
The article outlines a drawn out clash among Democratic factions in the spring 1938 campaign. Charles J. Margiotti and Gov. Earle clashed over grand jury probes, with Margiotti urging investigation, Earle opposing, and a Dauphin county grand jury eventually starting but then quitting amid delays.
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Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Earle
Margiotti
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
House Committee
Shelley
London Press Hails Roosevelt Halifax Handshake Moment
The London press lauds the Roosevelt and King hand clasp as a sign of potential peaceful settlement while Britain asserts strength to fight if needed. Viscount Halifax urges readiness. Sunday Graphic calls the event a monumental democratic conquest shaping world peace prospects.
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King
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Sunday Graphic
France Skeptical of Peace Move and Economic Concessions
Reports indicate France remains skeptical about a peace initiative possibly tied to economic concessions and colonial terms. The details are unclear as sources offer partial information without confirmation.
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France
Double Lines Warn Motorists of Danger
Missioner Burr H. Simpson stated double lines designate no passing zones only where it is dangerous to pass the vehicle ahead. The markings will mark danger spots and give officers definite limits for danger zones. He warned that absence of lines does not imply safe passing everywhere due to other hazards.
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Burr H. Simpson
Simpson
State Elections Shape 1940 Presidential Fight
The piece notes governors' races influence national convention loyalties in 1940. New York and Pennsylvania lack governorship contests, while New Jersey and Massachusetts become eastern centers of interest. Maine's September governor race looms as a barometer. Washington remains the sole western governor election. Republicans seek farm-vote momentum from interior states.
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New York
Lehman
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maine
Washington
Congress
Interior
Free Ireland Seen By Sean Russell
Sean Russell states that free Ireland is possible with British support and warns that their plans avoid harming any living person while seeking independence. The quote emphasizes nonviolent aims despite nationalist objectives.
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Free Ireland
Sean Russell
Maxine Elliott a Storied Actress and Amusing Character
The article honors Maxine Elliott as a versatile yet highly gifted actress famed for beauty and stage draws. It notes her 1903 praise by Ethel Barrymore, royal acquaintances including the Duke of Windsor, and her theater namesakes in New York and on the Riviera. It records her birth in 1873, marriage to Nat C. Goodwin in 1898, divorce a decade later, and retirement without a comeback. It ends with her reflections on aging and grace, and a brief anecdote about her pet monkeys and dental episode.
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Edward VIII
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America
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Rockland
Nat C. Goodwin
Britain Considers Moving Government Seat in War Time
Britain may designate Ford, an ancient university town 63 miles from London, as a temporary war time capital while others argue for dispersing departments to avoid a single mass air attack. Officials would be sent from London to set up temporary HQs in an emergency.
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London
Britain
CIO AFL Nearing GMC Showdown in Michigan Plants
Detroit June 10. A confrontation looms between CIO AFL unions and the AFL over General Motors plants at Flint and Saginaw. CIO workers plan to enter plants to work Monday despite picket lines while GM officials remain neutral. Scattered clashes and several arrests marked the first three days of the strike, with Dowell warning more plants may shut without bargaining.
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CIO
American Federation of Labor Unions
General Motors
AFL
Flint
Saginaw
Mich
Elmer Dowell
Homer Martin United Automobile Workers’ Union
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
West Virginia Applicants Named Air Corps Reserve Lieutenants
The War Department announced three West Virginia applicants who accepted commissions as second lieutenants in the air corps reserve. Named are William Sebastian Bowen of Huntington, John Timothy Fitzwater of Buckhannon, and Paul Davis Wood of Fairmont.
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Washington
War Department
West Virginia
Air Corps Reserve
William Sebastian Bowen
Huntington
John Timothy Fitzwater
Buckhannon
Paul Davis Wood
Fairmont
Solon Demands U S Keep Out of War and Immigration
State editor Reynolds argues against U S entry into war and opposes admitting immigrant groups and refugee children. He links immigration to unemployment and economic troubles, criticizing policy as unpatriotic and dangerous to American workers.
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Solon
U. S
America
Curley Targeted by Extortion Note in Coakley Letter
In a Coakley letter Curley faces extortion when police handwriting expert George Smith says both notes were written on the same stock and with the typewriter found in the suspect’s office. The suspect remained held as a suspicious person pending formal charges.
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Uied
Coakley
George Smith
Drunken Nazi Police Shoot Czech Officer
The German police chief in Kladno said progress is made after a Czech officer is shot. He noted the incident follows the discovery of Kriest’s body and said several suspects are being questioned. Officials believe the killing was part of a planned attack and targetting German uniforms.
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Kladno
Kriest
Ickes Denounces Look Article Distortion Over Term Claim
Secretary Ickes protested a Look magazine piece urging a Roosevelt third term as distorted by editorial treatment and photos of eight men tagged as potential 1940 nominees. He said none were mentioned in his draft and warned the public of serious distortion of national matters.
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Roosevelt
Interior
Garner
Hull
Wallace
Farley
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Mich
Lodge
Mass
Thomas Dewey
New York
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