New Coal Pact Talks Fail as Friday Deadline Looms
In New York on May 1 AP reported fruitless six hour session between operators and United Mine Workers. No new proposals were offered and the union’s 140 member policy committee meets tomorrow to decide on an extension or strike action if no agreement is reached by Friday threatening to shut mines across the country.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ica
Appalachian
Relief Plea Seen For Coal Miners Unemployed
The UMWA appeals to Washington for immediate unemployment relief and rent assistance for miners. A direct request to A J Yer of Social Security follows West Virginia’s withdrawal from payments. Vice President Blizzard telegrams Secretary Wallace and six WV representatives urging surplus commodities distributions.
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Associated Press
Washin
A. J. Yer
Social Security
William Blizzard
Umwa District 17
Agr
Army to Guard Panama Approach
The Army orders the Caribbean region under unified command to deter enemy naval activity near the Atlantic approach to the canal. Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Ley to lead with HQ in San Juan Puerto Rico. Roosevelt requests 185.44 million for air corps expansion and 21.06 million to boost canal garrison, plus 64.56 million in contracts.
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Washington
Caribbean
Atlantic
Maranal
Roosevelt
Sec
Woodring
Edmund L.ley
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Air Corps
Canal
Willie Willis Reflects on Age and Seriousness
Willie Willis states that feeling bad provides no gain at his age and that youth may shield him from real consequences. He adds a blunt line about maturity and the limits of age in determining seriousness.
Business Asks New Deal Help For Recovery
American business via the U S chamber of commerce urged the New Deal to enact a five point recovery program. The proposal targets removal of future uncertainties, labor management law revisions, tax reform toward revenue, cutting government spending, and loosening capital restrictions to restore private enterprise and a projected $80 billion annual national income. Speaker O Leary urged decisive action to end appeals for appeasement.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Roosevelt
John WW. O'Leary
Chicago
O'Leary
Congress
Parking Meter Plan Revived in Charleston
City council revived a traffic ordinance to install five cent parking meters on downtown curbs in limited streets. Penalties range from one to one hundred dollars. Council proceedings included new members and reappointed officials as Carl L. Davis led the councilman ticket and Hugh C. Walker was reelected city clerk.
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Charleston
Old Council
Carl F. Bauman
William F. Bohrer
J. Carl Casdorph
E. Leslie Hoffman
George J. Huber
W. E. Moore
Samuel W. Neff
Guy W. VanHorn
Pendergast Aide Vanishes Under Shadowed Evidence
Tom Pendergast associate Edward L. Schneider secretary treasurer of seven enterprises disappeared after meeting with officials on tax charges against Pendergast. Notes implying self harm were found in Schneider's automobile on the Fairfax interstate toll bridge as Maurice M. Milligan seeks FBI and Treasury help to determine if the disappearance is hoax, suicide, or foul play.
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Edward L. Schneider
Pendergast Enterprises
Fairfax Interstate
Missouri River
Maurice M. Milligan
U. S
FBI
Treasury
Schneider
Milligan
Pendergast
Federal Grand Jury
100000 Vets Voted Cash by House 359 1
Washington May 1 More than 100000 World War veterans and widows will receive federal benefits under the Rankin bill passed by the House 359 to 1 Rep Costello of California the sole opponent It provides 18751000 for the first year to 87000 veterans 27800 widows and 2723 veterans from other wars Orphans are provided for and all veterans with loans against their war risk policies will pay 5 percent interest instead of 6 percent
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Washington
INS
House
Costello
California
Senate
Parents' Food May Influence Child's Sex, Chicago Study
New York reports that University of Chicago scientists find parental nutrition largely affects offspring sex in rats and possibly humans. Better nourished fathers favor male offspring, while well fed mothers incline toward female progeny. Researchers caution results are striking yet preliminary and require skepticism.
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New York
University of Chicago
Drs. F. Hoelzel
Esther da Costa
A. J. Carlson
Markind
Chicago
We Love To Fight Says Soviet Leader At May Day Parade
Moscow May Day pageant quotes Defense Commissar Voroshilov declaring the USSR loves to fight. Officials say 360 bombers roared over Lenin's tomb as 50 000 troops and 1 000 000 civilians marched past. A new anti air craft gun mount was shown during the Red Square display.
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Soviet
Russia
Red Square
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Lenin
Voroshiloff
Joseph Stalin
Cap
Former UMW Leader Thomas L. Lewis Dies at 73
Former United Mine Workers president Thomas L. Lewis died at his home at 1811 McClung Street at 5 30 p.m. He led the union from 1908 to 1911 and helped found the organization after starting as an anthracite breaker. Lewis published the Coal Mining Review and aided in forming the National Coal Association. He was 73 and had retired since 1930 due to ill health. Born Locust Gap Pennsylvania he was married to Sarah Jenkins of Bridgeport Ohio. He served as Ohio United Mine Workers secretary treasurer 1897 1900 and national vice president 1900 1908.
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Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
McClung Street
Lewis
John L. Lewis
UMWA
Coal Mining Review
National Coal Association
Locust Gap
Thomas John
Mary Jones Lewis
Wales
Sarah Jenkins
Bridgeport
UMW
Ohio United Mine Workers
National
A F L Leader Demands New Labor Board Over Wagner Act
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor urges Congress to replace the National Labor Relations Board with a new five member body and to revise the Wagner act. He attacks the current board before the Senate education and labor committee and signals a broader campaign ahead of adjournment. John L. Lewis of the CIO is expected to respond.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Green
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Capitol Hill
Congress
Graves Opened In Murder Probe
Philadelphia dispatch reports three new graves opened in a nationwide murder for insurance ring probe. Detectives say up to 100 murders may be uncovered across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware. Mor ris Bolber dubbed Louie the rabbi was arrested with his attorney present.
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Eastern Seaboard
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Morris Bolber
Louie
Bolber
War debt pact revival eyed if Romania settles default
Secretary Hull signals Congress may revive the war debt funding commission if Romania offers a satisfactory settlement of its $63.852 million default. Diplomats say a revived commission could trigger a stampede by Britain, France and other allies to settle up, reestablishing U S credit for future European conflict goals. Romania plans a refunding offer by Friday or Saturday, with American officials coordinating. Semi annual reminders to defaulters will go out before June 15 when installments are due.
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Washington
CINS
Sec. of State
Hull
Congress
War Debt Funding Commission
Rumania
Great Britain
France
State Department
Britain
Romania
Franklin Mott Gunther
Bucharest
Carol
Home-Made Cure Backfires In Poison Ivy Incident
Lewiston Idaho May 1. Jack Wilson attempted to treat poison ivy with a brew made from its leaves and drank it. He was hospitalized after the self remedy worsened his ailment.
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Lewiston
Ida
Jack Wilson
Conscription Bill Passes First Reading in Britain
Britain moves toward peacetime conscription with a compulsory service plan drafting 200000 twenty-year-olds. Chamberlain unveiled the bill after a cabinet meeting as Europe tightens, pledging swift action if Poland is attacked.
Italy and Germany map joint defense plan in Rome
In Rome on May the Italian and German chiefs of staff Col Gen Walther Von Brauchitsch and Gen Alberto Pariani discussed a common defense against potential Allied offensives. They left for Libya, highlighting North Africa as a strategic focus amid European tensions.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Walther von Brauchitsch
Alberto Pariani
Libya
Britain
France
Pulitzer honors awarded to four newspapermen and two for foreign reporting
The 1938 journalism Pulitzer recipients include four newspapermen tied to the global crisis and two entries for prominent foreign correspondence. Honorees cover municipal graft exposure, editorial writing, and investigative reporting on voter intimidation, with prizes totaling 500 dollars each for several recipients.
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The
Miami
Fla
Daily News
Waterbury
Hitler emphasizes Nazi unity on May Day rally in Berlin
Adolf Hitler used the Lustgarten festival to hail the regime and call out a U S boycott while signaling tighter ties with Hungary and Slovakia. He urged peace yet proclaimed Germany among the world’s most armed nations in front of 135 000 Hitler Youth.
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U. S
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Hungary
Slovakia
Fuehrer
Germany
Lustgarten
Aganda
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Poles May Seek Control of Danzig in Pushback to Germany
Warsaw reports indicate Poland may demand military control over Danzig in response to Hitler's demand for German annexation of the Free City and a corridor route. Ambassador Lipski returns to consult with Foreign Minister Beck as Polish reservists bolster frontier defenses. Gazeta Polska editorial hints at possible Polish claims while Beck prepares a formal reply to the German speech.
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Hitler
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Danzig
Poland
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Soviet Union
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
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Free City
Josef Lipski
Berlin
Josef Beck
Beck
Germany
Slovakia
Gazeta Polska
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