Mussolini Shows Hitler Armed Might In Rome Display
In Rome Mussolini presented Hitler with a sample of 9 million men, boasting a war machine fit with artillery tanks armored cars and poison gas. Hitler admired the display as Mussolini touted future naval and air force demonstrations while shadows of Stalin loomed over European power plans.
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Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Dace
Hittler
Joseph Stalin
Bak Itler
Ital
Europe
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France
Czechoslovakia
Trauce
Great Britain
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Bailey Receives 10 Year Sentence in Armed Robbery Case
Bailey Robert Bailey 28 pleaded guilty to armed robbery of Fenton ML. Charleston, judge D Savage sentenced him to 10 years in state penitentiary. Previous two year sentence was struck down due to faulty indictment. Five-year probation terms were set for Gilbert Richard and Henry Shifflett on lesser charges. Fred Miller of Cabin Creek received three years probation on a guilty plea for petit larceny.
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Fenton
Charleston
Robert Bailey
State
D.et Savage
Bailey
Gilbert Richard
Henry Shifflett
Fred Miller
Cabin Creek
Willie Willis on kin and respect in tough times
Willie Willis contrasts poor kin with real company saying relatives face scrutiny and betrayal before strangers, noting that family ties expose individuals to harsher judgments and pressure when facing hardship. The quote reflects interfamily dynamics and social expectations in difficult situations.
France and Britain Move to Ease Czech Crisis
London and Paris plan a swift effort to avert war over Czech minority rights. Sir Neville Henderson will meet Hermann Georing in Berlin to urge moderation, press Czechoslovakia to concede, and warn against heavy handed pressure.
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France
Britain
London
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Taly
Neville Henderson
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Geering
Berlin
Boy 12 Convincing Board To Build Pools in Midtown
Daniel Riordan, a freckled 12 year old, urged New York City officials to build open air pools in midtown Manhattan. He argued such pools would let visitors see what the city offers and benefit local boys and girls. The municipal board approved plans for four pools.
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New York
Daniel Riordan
New Vers
Board of Climate
Midtown Manhattan
Empire State
Ils
Jap Defenses Imperilled Near Peiping
News from Shanghal May 7 reports Chinese mobile units totaling about 2 million threatening Peiping and Hangchow. Guerrilla forces under Chu Teh strike near Peiping’s west wall and eight miles from the Marco Polo bridge while other units menace Hangchow. Peiping’s gates are closed and guards patrol walls as Chinese enter and are fingerprinted.
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Shanghal
North China
Peiping
Hangchow
Chu- Teh
Eighth Route
Red
West Wall
Marco Polo Bridge
Chu-rTch
Hull accuses aides of criminal libel over articles
Secretary Hull denounced Washington commentators as criminally libeling state department officials including counselor R. Walton Moore. He cited three recent articles by Drew Pearson on the Merry-Go-Round alleging arms sales to Germany and friction with promotion, while Pearson acknowledged writing part of one piece.
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Washington
INS
Hull
Washington News
State Department
R. Walton Moore
Department
Drew Pearson
Washington Merry
Germany
St. Germain
Moore
Tribute To Stepmother Wins Gazette Contest
The Gazette Mother's Day Tribute contest winner is Mrs. H. C. Waybright of Route 6, Box 41, Charleston, West Virginia. Judges ruled that stepmothers are eligible, as Mother’s Day honors all who care for children. The winning entry titled A tribute to My... appears in the public notice.
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Stepbothers
H. C. Waybright
Box
Charleston
West Virginia
Parents Decide To Let Infant Die After Rabbi's Counsel
A distraught Chicago couple choose not to operate on their five week old daughter Helaine Judith who has a malignant glioma. Doctors warned removal would cause blindness and likely death within months. Rabbi Abramowitz advised letting nature take its course.
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Chicago
INS
Morris Hershman
Dr. Hershman
Herman Colan
Estella
Helaine Judith
A. K. Abramowitz
Rabbi Abramowitz
Hershman
Swooning at Hanover High ROTC Parade Sparks Hysteria
In Wilmington North Carolina on May 6 7 more than 100 students at Hanover High School were treated for swooning and hysteria after a ROTC dress parade. Public health nurse Mrs Zilphia Daniels said about 100 girls and 5 boys were cared for as cadets collapsed one after another. A girl was also hit by a car causing minor injuries and treatment areas overflowed the infirmary. The nurse attributed the illness to mass hysteria following the event.
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Wilmington
N. C
New Hanover High School
Zilphia Daniels
Daniels
Major Provisions Of Wage Hour Bill
The wage hour bill outlines a graduated minimum wage from 25 cents to 40 cents within three years and a work week starting at 44 hours, tapering to 40 in two years. It bans interstate shipments of child labor products and applies to industries in interstate commerce, with exemptions for administrative and executive staff, agriculture, local retailers, seamen, fishermen, railroad and air transport workers, and government employees and unions.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Appeals to Doctors Of Nation For Aid
CHICAGO May 6 Dr Morris Hershman grandfather of the apparently doomed baby Helaine Colin appeals to the nation’s medical profession. He said somewhere in the United States there may be a physician with experience in a similar case who has had favorable results and urged any doctor to contact him. He emphasized that nothing should be left undone that might help.
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Chicago
Morris Hershman
Helaine Colin
U. S
Frank Charges Quiz Political Framing of Rural Progress Probe
Dr Glenn Frank editor of Rural Progress Chicago farm publication and Republican program chair says the senate Isbby committee inquiry into his magazine is part of a campaign of terror and intimidation against newspapers that criticize the New Deal He cites an executive order to inspect income tax returns as a troubling link in a pattern aimed at press suppression.
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Glenn Frank
Senate
Isbby Committee
Rural Progress S
Dr. Frank
Rural Progress
Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Lobby Committee
Farm
Roosevelt
Dre. Frank de
Flashes of Life in These U S News Briefs
A Detroit clerk notes a crumpled envelope listing small costs for a marriage license and related items with unclear names. An Orient fire destroys a garage housing a truck. Bisbee dealer Ed Plumb collects 75 pounds in silver dollars for a car. A bear in Lolo National Forest starves after being wedged in a cabin window, found dead by forest rangers.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Ed Plumb
Lolo National Forest
New Relief Bill Directs Funds to Agencies
President Roosevelt approves a new relief recovery bill that will fund allocations directly to government agencies rather than a lump sum. Rep. Cliff Woodrum announces that direct appropriations will preserve legislative control while expediting passage. The president’s approval came by radio from the cruiser Philadelphia en route to Charleston, as party leaders note no insistence on lump sums.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Cliff Woodrum
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
Woodrum
F. BD. R
Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
West Indies
White House
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Classic 60 000 to See Race at Churchill Downs
Louisville welcomed thousands from across the nation to the Kentucky Derby weekend at Churchill Downs. Visitors joined locals for Derby week activities including a non-title boxing bout between Light weight Champion Lou Ambers and Timmy Vaughn of Cleveland. Officials expected a crowd near 60 000 for tomorrow's race amid fair weather and festive mood.
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America
Churchill Downs
Downs
Kentucky
Derby
Kentucky Colonels
Lou Ambers
Timmy Vaughn
Cleveland
Tomoarrow
Six Congressmen Sign Wage Hour Petition Drives Action
Washington May 6. Two hundred eighteen House members signed a petition urging early consideration of the wage hour bill. Of the signers 183 were Democrats including 22 from the South, with 22 Republicans, eight Progressives and five Farmer-Laborites. Names listed include Edmiston Kee Randolph Smith Ramsay Johnson among Democrats W Va.
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Washington
House
South
Edmiston
Kee
Randolph
Smith
Ramsay
Johnson
W. Va
Miners Group to Open Battle for West Virginia Union
The Progressive Mine Workers of America plan a West Virginia drive to challenge the CIO for miner organization. Bluefield will host a mass meeting tomorrow with P M W A organizers from Illinois aboard. Joe Ozanic aims to lead personally from Chicago to Charleston, while Harris Broome of Bluefield notes the gathering could be Mercer county’s largest in years.
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West Virginia
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Bluefield
Ilinois
A. FL
Wilcome
Charleston
Ozank
Harris Broome
State Federation of Labor
Ing
Mercer County
Ozanie
Broome
Thrush and Rig
Gis
Ozanic
Chicago
Relief Clients Storm Cleveland Relief Stations
Relief clients filled Cleveland six district relief stations and demanded food as welfare shortages surge. Officials estimate one third to one fourth of the county’s 1.2 million rely on aid, with protests around the clock at two stations over the expiration of special appropriation Monday. Mrs Della Milder called the mood tense and desperate as the crisis continues.
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Cleveland
Della Milder
Derby Day Special Leaves For Turf Classic
Charleston hosts a 160 strong Derby Day excursion aboard the C and O train organized by Henderson L Peebles for the annual trek to Churchill Downs. Riders gather in Huntington and Louisville with four motorcycle officers guiding six buses to the Downs for a Derby luncheon at the clubhouse. The event, a labor of love for America’s top race, draws scores of hosts socializing during layovers and entertainment stops, while participants hope for winners amid a festive, if indecisive, crowd.
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Henderson L. Peebles
King Horse
Huntington
Churchill Downs
Louisvitte
Limahann Binnanad
Haanewer
Louisville
Downs
Fuebles
America
Ashland
Syes
218 Members Sign Petition For Floor Return On Wage Bill
Washington May 6 AP Backers of the wage hour bill gather 218 signatures to force the rule committee to send the measure to the floor for debate beginning May 23. The plan aims at a 25 cent minimum wage rising to 40 cents with rising hours limits, drawing mixed support from labor groups and southern lawmakers wary of regional wage differences.
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House
Rules Committee
Congress
Rep
Mary Norton D-N. JJ
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
A. F
Committee For Industrial Organization
Hatlax
D-C
Zur
Representative Mouton
D-La
Teachers Offer To Finish Term Prevents Pay Deficit
Supt. Virg Blinn reported that more than a dozen teachers offered to finish the term free of charge after The Gazette noted the board shortened the term to eight and three quarter months to curb expenses. Blinn thanked the teachers but said pay must be provided.
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Board of Education
Flinn
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