Franco Protests British Over Bilbao Refugee Evacuation
Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco protested to Britain over the evacuation of refugees from Bilbao as insurgent forces under Gen. Emilia Mola reportedly seized Las Arenas near Bilbao. British freighters stood ready to transport civilians to France aided by warships to protect the rescue ships outside Spanish waters. Prolonged evacuation plans expanded beyond initial aims amid insurgent advances.
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France
Franccisco Franco
Great Britain
Bilbao
Bay of Biscay
Franco
Emilia Mola
Las Arenas
Hendaye
Spain
Brilbao
Il Duce Plans Historic Mussolini Visit to Germany
Berlin May 2 Preparations are under way for Benito Mussolini to visit Adolf Hitler at Berlin. Possible plans include a ceremony near the presidential palace and Wilhelmstrasse area. Talks and discussions are expected between the two leaders with high secrecy.
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Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Italy
Adolf Hitler
der Fuehrer
Arminny
Mussolini
Hitler
Venice
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Wilhelmstrasse
Foreign Office
Prince August Wilhelm
Reichskanziel
Bussolini
Vlalt
Hich Petreles
Pleane
Italian General Aiding in Spain
Rome May 2 Italian General Teruzzi, former head of the Italian Fascist mill, attended his sister Amelia's funeral. Reports say he travels to Galicia where Italian volunteers for Franco are training after early selection issues. Also mentioned is Ettore Basiles, linked to the Fourth Italian Army Corps in the Abyssinian war era.
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Aula Teruxal
Lis
Amelia
Elovire
Pala
Celreles
Mussolini
Teruzzi
Francisco Franco
Guadalajara
Franco
Terwasl
Spain
Ettore Basiles
Neutrality Law Tightened Under New Proclamations
The State Department announces immediate enforcement of stricter neutrality provisions against belligerents in the Spanish Civil War. President Roosevelt signed the act aboard a destroyer off the Texas coast, making June 3 the effective date and Spain provisions apply immediately. Prohibitions cover arms exports, travel on Spanish vessels, and financial transactions benefiting belligerents, with regulations forthcoming.
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Atate Department
Roosevelt
Texas
Spain
Arma Jist
Ment
Plane lands on thin ice drowns two passengers
Portage Maine May 2 An open cockpit plane broke through honeyrambire in Mort age Lake during a forced landing late today and carried two of its three occupants to death by drowning The victims were Thidley Lavely and Floyd Thompkins both of Frenque fale passengers
Congress Weighs Major Works Relief Fund Change
Washington May 2 An influential House Appropriations member said Congress may approve a new works relief fund near 1 billion dollars with possible cuts of 500 million. Rep Woodrum urged caution as hearings begin on relief deficiencies while Roosevelt urged 1.5 billion for added funds.
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House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Woodrum
Roosevelt
Progress Administration
Rema
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Public Works Administration
Crown's Aid Asked To End Bus Strike
In May 2000 government pressure rose to resolve London bus strikes as Dr Alfred Salter and 30,000 workers gathered in Hyde Park amid coronation preparations. Crowded streets and closed stations highlighted transport disruption as government court inquiry prep began.
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London
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M. Po
Hyde Park
Park
Marble Arch
Oxford Circus
Court of Inquiry
Amatrow
Lusty Acclaim as Cadets Cheer King George VI in London
King George VI, flanked by Queen Elizabeth, appears moved as 600 Sandhurst cadets cheer at the memorial chapel dedication for the Royal Military College. A royal procession, clergy, and nobility gather, including Queen Mother Mary, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and five field marshals, amid tributes to fallen cadets.
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Royal Military College
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Satan
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Duchess of
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Lord Harewond
Earl of Athrone
Cyril Deverell
Archbishop of
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Sandhurst
George
Camberley
British Legion
Windsor Promise to Clear Field for Coronation Drama
May 2 and 3 1937 dispatches describe elaborate arrangements to inform King George VI’s brother the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson of her impending divorce decree. Telegraph and phone lines will relay the news to the Duke in exile at St Wolfgang Austria and to Mrs Simpson at Chateau De Candé France. The aim is to end Edward’s separation from the woman he loved, removing royal embarrassment. The Duke insists he seeks no hurt to his brother or the royal family.
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Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Mrs. Simpson
Chateau de Cande
France
Britain
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George VI
St Wolfgang
Aushria
Edward
Nurmes
Dilternesa
Bishop Preysing Defies Hitler Over Concordat Edict
In Berlin on May 2, Count Von Preysing publicly challenged Hitler’s edict demanding obedience from German Catholics. The bishop’s pastoral letter reaffirmed the Vatican Germany concordat, urging loyalty to faith as Nazi calls for religious obedi ence confront church rights. Hitler, addressing 50,000 Nazi youth and workers the day before, condemned the pope’s recent encyclical and accused the regime of violating the concordat.
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Geremany
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Hitler
Preysing
Vatican
Germany
Ax “Jong
Hitler Youth Organization
Berin
Lustgaden
Reicha Iwehrer
Pape
Vio
President Roosevelt Basks Aboard Potomac Off Texas Coast
President Roosevelt spent a quiet Sunday on the Potomac off Port Aransas Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. He wore whites and swapped fishing yarns with companions while Col Edwin Watson and Doc Melnike joined. They planned tarpon and mackerel fishing with weather holding after a brief storm near Aransas Pass.
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Roosevelt
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Gulf of Mexico
Edwin Tr. Watson
Gulf
Aransas Pass
Hess
Big Trah
Ace
Ree
White House
Denhardt Case Heads to Jury Over Manslaughter Charge
NEW CASTLE Ky May 2 Attys for Brig Gen Henry J Denhardt oppose adding manslaughter to the jury charge in the Taylor shooting case The commonwealth asked for manslaughter and the judge will hear more arguments tomorrow The defense insists the issue should be murder or acquittal testimony focused on a finger cut during tire changing and whether Mrs Taylor fatally shot herself Denhardt a former Kentucky adjutant general and lieutenant governor is charged with murder in the November 6 death of 40 year old Verna Garr Taylor
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Henry J. Denhardt
Commons Inealth
Charles C. Marshall
Commonwealth
J. B. Kinsolving
Morray
Nan Me Commonwealth
Verna Garr Taylor
Rodes J K. Myers
D. L. Ricketts
Ree Huttal
den Hardt
Kentucky
Taylor
Denhardt
Holt Eyes Another Big Post For Shingleton
Reports say a state police bid to restore Cal PT D Shingleton as head of the constabulary has failed. Shingleton will stay as director of safety and personnel for the Atlantic Greyhound Lines after resigning from the state role amid talk of a gubernatorial bid in 1940. He noted he misses the work but prefers his current post and a loyal team.
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PT. D. Shingleton
Hime
Ake
Directne
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Bgs
Ainee Shingleton
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House of Delegates
Shingleton
Bua
Guests Forced To Rough It In Hotel Strike
San Francisco faced widespread disruption as about 6,000 hotel guests endured service gaps in 16 strikebound properties. Nearly 3,500 employees across six unions walked out, leaving no bellboys or maids and halting telephones and heat. Union leaders forecast a prolonged stoppage, while managers described crippling losses and vowed to press for terms including preferential hiring and a five day workweek.
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San Francisco
George Harrs
Ernst
Fhe
Young Parachute Jumpers Win Out
In Cincinnati on May 2 to 7 a group of 15 fledgling parachute jumpers including three girls, aged 11, won a clash with law enforcement. With permission from the commerce department and parental consent, jumpers were allowed to proceed one at a time at Mount Healthy air strip as deputies watched.
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Mount Healthy Airer
Charles B. Coddington
Department of Commerce
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Steubenville
Paul Glinzak
Lunken
Eligate
Gllnaale
Film Industry Strike Widens Across 11 Unions
Hollywood reports a widening strike as 11 craft unions, about 6,000 workers, are ordered to stay off tomorrow. The Federated Crafts and the Screen Actors Guild push for action, with leadership claiming producer backing for a rival company union.
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Actor's Guild
Fla
Hollywood
Jonnysiike
Crisia
Ang .Valkion
Lessing
Screens Actors” Guild
Whs
Charles C. Lessing
Federated Crafts
Lesaings
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American Federation of Labor
The
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Crafts
I T
Screen Actors’ Guild
Cal
Mayor LaGuardia Wins American Nebrew Medal
New York May 2 1938 Mayor FP U CapGuardia received the 103 American Nebrew medal for promoting religious tolerance. Henry Morgenthau Jr presided noting recent defenses of German Jewry played no part in the award. The honor referenced a 1936 summons for Robert Edmondson indicted for libeling the Jewish religion.
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LaGuardia New York
FP. U. CapGuardia
Henry Morgenthau
Robert Edward Edmondson
Three Family Slaying by Father in Squaw Valley
Near Squaw Valley Indian settlement three persons were slain today by Walter Davis 30 in an apparent attempt to annihilate his family. Davis killed his wife Katherine 20 and her sister-in-law Mabel Curtis 17, then killed himself after shooting Curtis’s daughter Sadie Curtis 9 who fled the scene. A wounded 9-year-old girl survived hidden under a bed as deputies investigated motive.
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Walter Davis
Katherine Davis
Davis
Sadie
Curtis
Curtle
Squaw Valley
Valley Ind
Escape in Lifeboats After Yacht Explosion
In Clarksville Missouri on May 2 a blast destroyed the palatial yacht President valued at 350000 dollars. Fourteen prisoners including Maj. Gen. Thomas Q. Ashburn fled in lifeboats as fire started in the kitchen from a stove. The vessel carried about 1500 gallons of fuel oil.
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Clarksville
Thomas Q. Ashburn
Intend Waterways Corporation
J. L. Marron
Ashburn
Garbo May Disappoint Fans by Missing Trial
Los Angeles May 2 AP Attorneys for Greta Garbo say she may not appear in Judge Fletcher Bowron's court tomorrow in a 10500 suit brought by David Shratter. The assignee alleges Garbo promised repayment for 1924 funds, while Garbo’s lawyers deny any obligation. If she appears, a crowd would gather. if not, a bench warrant may be sought.
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Los Angeles
Greta Garbo
David Shratter
Shratter
Miss Garbo
James J. McCarthy
M. Fitzpatrick
la Garbo
Judgh Fletcher Bowron
Hollywood
Garbo
Vier Nie
Fnally
Masons Gather for Sixty-Second Scottish Rite Reunion
The Scottish Rite bodies begin their sixty-second annual spring reunion at the Shrine mosque with 1000 Masons expected. Degrees up to the thirty-second will be conferred nightly through Thursday with a schedule of specific degrees led by Ira F Kuhn George Wynns and Willam C McKee. Candidates come from southern West Virginia and beyond. Followed Friday by a memorial service for Ben Kedem shrines.
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Ira F. Kuhn
George. S. Wynns
Willam C McKee
West Virginia
Meeree Mommlal
Benl Kedem
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