Nazi Demand Danzig Return Faces German Planners
Nazis insist Danzig must be returned to the Reich and demand a free harbor in the city while refusing joint administration. Berlin says Poland’s threat to negotiate a new treaty is insufficient and urges a swift solution. Von Ribbentrop and Hitler discussed Beck’s speech and the Polish note, with Italy as a planned destination for the chancellor.
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P. Lochner
Danzig
Reich
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Poland
Pomorze
Free City
Beck
Thefuehrer
Dan
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Italy
Germany
Foreign Office
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Britain Accepts Plan for British French Russian Alliance
London reports authorities say Britain agrees to a British French Russian military alliance with reciprocal aid among the three powers if attacked by a European state. Britain also proposed Soviet support for Romania and Poland and a limited Baltic Black Sea guarantee.
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London
Moscow
Baltic
Black Sea
Soviet Union
Rumania
Poland
Britain
Soviet Russia
Russia
Far East
France
Romania
Foreign Office
Balance Oe Ily
Litvinoff
Chamberlain
Middies Cancel European Cruise Amid European Crisis
The U S navy canceled the annual midshipmen practice cruise to Europe for 1 400 cadets from the Naval Academy first and third classes. Instead they will receive three months of sea training on this side of the Atlantic. Officials offered no explanation urging readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Washington
Navy
Europe
Naval Academy
Atlantic
Pacific
Baltic Sea
Poland Ready To Meet Nazi War Challenge
Poland mobilized to confront Hitler's demands for Danzig and the Polish corridor. Foreign Minister Beck, before the sejm, rejected territorial and Baltic access claims yet signaled willingness for peaceful settlement. The speech shifted initiative to Hitler and avoided Polish counter-claims.
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Poland
Warsaw
INS
Adolf Hitler
Josef Beck
Danzig
Beck
Sejm
Baltic Sea
Germany
Go Slow Advised by Mussolini to Hitler
Rome reports Premier Mussolini via son in law Count Ciano will push mediation between Germany and Poland to avoid a rapid clash. Ciano travels to Milan to meet Hitler's foreign minister Ribbentrop for two days of talks. Italy hints at possible mediation as in past Czech crisis and cautions Warsaw against overreacting.
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Rome
INS
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Britain
France
Ciano
Milan
Baron Joachim von Ribbentrop
Il Duce
Fascism
Virginio Gajda
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Warsaw
Naval spectacle signals departure of King and Queen
King George and Queen Elizabeth prepare for a six week voyage starting from Portsmouth aboard the Empress of Australia. They will visit Canada and the United States, with stops in Washington and New York, before returning aboard the Empress of Britain. The departure from Buckingham Palace marks a historic royal journey.
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London
Portsmouth
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
U.S
George
U. S
Buckingham Palace
Chamberlain
Quebec
Pacific Coast
Niagara Falls
United States
Washington
New York City
Hyde Park
N. Y
England
King
Waterloo Station
Mary
Duk
Ransom Note Sending Banned in U S Law
The House passed and sent to the White House a bill making ransom notes or kidnap threats sent by mail a criminal offense. The bill adds penalties under the kidnap law of up to 5000 dollars fine and up to 20 years imprisonment or both. The Senate had already passed it.
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Washington
INS
House
White House
Senate
Lawmakers Advocate Abolishing National Labor Board
Rep. Anderson denounces the National Labor Relations Board as biased and proposes a new five member agency with revised Wagner Act powers. Rep. Keller defends the board, arguing Hartley’s claims rely on Liberty League sources and noting many cited cases upheld the board. House leaders plan to defer decision.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Rep. Anderson
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
Anderson
Board of Three
Rep
Keller
Ill
Hartley
N. J
Liberty League
House
Tot Fools Doctors Plays Hop-Scotch in Victory Over Surgery
An 8-year-old girl in Queens defied surgeons who warned amputation was necessary for cancer of the thigh. After X-ray irradiation she kept both legs, walked, and now sells pretzels while planning to buy red shoes, though doctors caution the cure may be temporary.
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New York
INS
Dorothy Lewis
Dorothy
William Lewis
Queens County Park Department
Death of Pendergast aide linked to political scandal
Edward L. Schneider 46 a secretary treasurer for seven Pendergast firms died by apparent suicide after being used as a straw man in tax evasion probes. Police say his body was found after he leapt from a bridge into the Missouri River as federal grand jury actions intensified the corruption inquiry into Boss Tom Pendergast’s machine.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Missouri
Edward L. Schneider
Pendergast
Schneider
College student hunted in double slaying near Phoenix
Albert M. Burgunder Jr., 22, a Tempe teacher college student and son of a former Seattle prosecutor, is sought for the murders of Jack Peterson 35 and Ellis Moury 24. Bodies found trussed and shot in a desert wash after they disappeared with a prospective buyer. Burgunder previously served a reformatory term and was paroled.
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Phoenix
Albert M. Burgunder, Jr
Jack Peterson
Ellis Moury
Burgunder
Washington State Reformatory
Seattle, Wash
Teachers’ College
Tempe
Reformatory
Northwestern coeds threaten no-bath protest over bath curtains
In Evanston Illinois 250 Northwestern University coeds threatened a no-bath strike to protest removal of shower curtains in Willard Hall where they live. Officials downplayed the threat noting curtains were removed after lipstick was dabbed on them.
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Evanston
Ill
INS
Willard Hall
Northwestern University
Somoza Honored With Grand Washington Welcome
President Somoza received a massive Washington welcome highlighted by a military parade and a White House meeting with President Roosevelt. The visit included discussions likely covering the Nicaragua canal and a Pan American highway project amid questions about democracy in the region.
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INS
White House
Roosevelt
Somoza
Nicaragua
Canal
Alaska
Cape Horn
Hemisphere
Mr. Roosevelt
Union Station
Pope Seeks Quiet Halt to Hitler Poland Crisis
London reports Pope Pius XII pressed to avert a hasty German move on Poland. He declared May a month of prayer for peace and behind the scenes sought Franco Italian reconciliation to curb any wider war. Msgr Orsenigo met Hitler at Berchtesgaden for a 90 minute talk.
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London
Pius XII
Adolf Hitler
Poland
France
Italy
Europe
Daeed
Berlin
Paris
Cesare Orsenigo
Valerio Valeri
Hitler
Orsenigo
Salzburg
Obersalzburg
Berchtesgaden
The
Daily Mail
Msgr
Labor row with coal miners threatened by civil war warning
Dr John R Steelman urged end to conference deadlock between Appalachian coal operators and CIO miners. He warned open warfare would shock the nation. The walkout of about 5 150 miners continued as talks resumed with UMWA and operator leaders at his table.
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New York
Appalachian
CIO
Alto
John R. Steelman
United States Labor Department
Steelman
United Mine Workers and Operators
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
UMW
New York City
Dr. Steelman
America
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
van Bittner
John Owen
Lee S. Gunter
J. D. Morrow
L. T. Putnam
Owell
United Mine Workers of America
U. S
O'Neill
Steelsman
Washington
Texas
Georgia
South Dakota
House passes alien measure to detain awaiting deportation
The House approved the Hobbs bill 288 to 61 to detain criminal aliens awaiting deportation until passports are granted for return home. Proponents call it a crackdown on a passport racket, while opponents warn of concentration camp implications and civil liberties loss. About 3,376 aliens ordered deported are free due to passport delays, with 460 last year still at large.
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Washington
INS
House
Rep
Hobbs
Ala
The
Secretary of Labor
U. S
Sec. Perkins
Draft-Wealth Bill Would Force Buy War Bonds
A draft-wealth bill to compel every U S citizen to buy government bonds in a future war was reported to the senate by the military affairs committee. Sponsored by Sen. Lee of Oklahoma, the plan would allow the president to mobilize wealth according to census wealth, with a set percentage. Experts warned the measure would require major modifications before senate action, as House debates over naval funds escalated amid plans for Far East bases.
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U. S
Washington
INS
House
Far Pacific
Sen
Lee
Oklahoma
Guam
American Island
Japan
Midway
Johnston
Palmyra
Pacific
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