09 May 1939
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1939
Page
1
London reports indicate Britain would mediate between Germany and Poland to avert war. Chamberlain and Butler hinted at mediation amid parliamentary debate as Italo German pact looms and Soviet policy remains unchanged.
Berlin sources reject British mediation on the Free City of Danzig as the Rome Berlin axis is declared steel and others must accept it or have teeth broken. Goebbels’ Der Angriff leads the chorus after the Milan declaration of a formal Axis alliance for peace.
Pope Pius XII was said in London circles to press Great Britain France Germany Italy and Poland for a five power conference to ease German Polish tensions and avert war. Warsaw reports said Mgr Cortesi conferred with Foreign Minister Beck as British mediating efforts surfaced in Warsaw. British envoy Kennard also met Beck while Soviet Russia offered guarantees to eastern powers. Reuter’s Bucharest dispatch questioned uptake by smaller nations. The pope’s plan was presented to Viscount Halifax by Mer Godfrey in an unpublicized weekend interview.
Tokyo reports that Lieut. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki and Gen. Kuniaki Koiso favor Japan joining the Rome Berlin axis through a military agreement with Germany and Italy. Domei quotes Itagaki as confirming the stance.
The Duke of Windsor urged political leaders to bury jealousies and pursue mutual concessions to avert war. He spoke from Verdun, broadcast in the United States and elsewhere, insisting the speech represented no government stance and noting he spoke alone with Wallis Warfield.
Rep Louis Ludlow of Indiana introduced a joint resolution to keep Congress in continuous session to keep America out of war. The plan would force three day recesses after completing the docket and reflect broad support amid war worry.
Far reaching security plans shield King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their U S visit with camouflaged measures. A pilot train detects track faults while a second train carries reporters. Up to 11 000 troops may be deployed for the rail route and White House reception. The royal car ride from Union Station to the White House will use the president's bullet proof car with the top down and Secret Service aboard. The Empress of Australia voyage slowed by fog as the royal party tours deck.
H W Setley of Hollywood testified before a Florida state sea committee that a ring of cat thieves paid 25 to 75 cents per cat to be fed alive to racing greyhounds. He said owners and trainers used cats at east coast tracks to make dogs faster behind the mechanical rabbit, noting claws were removed and eye teeth knocked out to reduce danger. Committee members promised to stop the practice.
Secretary of commerce Marty L. Hopkins, returning from a Roosevelt trip, denounced the U S Chamber of Commerce as not representing business while urging at least 12 more months of heavy federal spending. He touted improving business metrics and warned against Chamber pessimism, saying private funds must supplement public aid.
The House passed 296 to 58 a $773.4 million navy bill for the fiscal year starting July 1, funding ships, planes, and operations. A late add of $2.94 million funds air bases at Midway Palmyra and Johnston, after earlier opposition to the three sites.
Kansas City May 8 The Methodist church merger appears set to proceed with adjournment this week as three branches unite into one. No vocal opposition has emerged among about 900 delegates. legal challenges to the merger are possible only after formal union and property transfers are sought. The day’s work focused on routine organizational matters.
A military airplane crashed into downtown Guayaquil on May 8 killing at least 18 people and injuring many more as fuel tanks exploded and set four houses ablaze. Capt. Cristobal and Warrant Officer Galo Espinoza died. a mechanic was lightly hurt. Rescue teams recovered 16 bodies. authorities feared more deaths.
A revised schedule for 200 Kanawha county school patrol members and chaperones sends them to the seventh annual national safety jubilee parade in Washington DC next Saturday. Mrs Grace O Austin of the Southern West Virginia Auto club says the group departs Friday at 8 pm by a special C and Q train returning Saturday night and arriving Charleston at 6 am Sunday. In the capital the youths will take a sight seeing tour.
The Senate voted increases totaling 382.1 million dollars in the agriculture department appropriation, lifting the year's total to about 1.215 billion. Parity payments reach 225 million and surplus crops disposal 203 million as Morgenthau warns on deficits and taxes.
American Viscose will add five structures to its Nitro plant with construction by J. P. Pettyjohn of Lynchburg. Bellinger Company of Philadelphia will announce further details. The $5 million staple rayon fiber unit, begun last September, should finish early this summer. New facilities include offices laboratory and machine shop. C. B. Shoemaker moves from Parkersburg to lead Nitro operations with William A. Vivian becoming plant manager.
Mayors of New York Chicago and Cleveland told a House committee that the WPA should not be cut. Fiorello LaGuardia urged expansion saying unemployment in New York reached 750000 and federal aid should continue until social security and wage hour laws prove their worth. He suggested sharing relief costs among governments but warned against increasing states' burden.
Charles Ellis 32, a Rock Island railroad employee, set up an electrical fence around evergreen trees to deter dogs. A zap knocked him unconscious. a second shock killed his dog. Neighbors rescued him. Ellis lies in a hospital with injuries.
A Phoenix jury found Gustav Blair a match to Charley Brewster Ross, the 1874 Germantown kidnapping victim. Blair, 69, cited family traits and testimony from Lincoln Miller to support identity, with defendants in default.
In a White House call set for tomorrow, bituminous coal negotiators will seek an emergency peace as 400000 miners remain idle. Frances Perkins and CIO chief John L. Lewis act as peacemakers after a bitter clash between operators and miners.
Washington May 8. President Roosevelt will likely urge coal operators and union leaders to reach a rapid peace agreement in the public interest. Uplifting his Saturday pledge that an agreement must be reached promptly, plans for specifics remain undetermined.
At a tense meeting with Secretary Perkins, miners leader Lewis, and operator chief O’Neill, the two sides debated union versus closed shops amid a coal contract stalemate. Philip Murray noted some operators preferred the UMW offer, a point hotly disputed by Putnam. Perkins blamed operators for the stoppage while noting prior efforts to extend the old contract during contract talks.
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