Coal Group Wiped Out In President's Order On Agency Reshuffle
Congress applauded President Roosevelts plan to reorganize 23 federal agencies and abolish the bituminous coal commission. The measure aims to save about 1.25 million dollars annually and affect 30 000 to 35 000 workers, with seven agencies abolished and sixteen shifted. If not vetoed, the plan takes effect July 8.
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Washington
INS
New Deal
Bituminous Coal Commission
Congress
Roosevelt
Coal Commission
Consumers’ Counsel
Interior Department
Sen. Guffey
Pennsylvania
National Emergency Council
White House
Roos
Lowell Mellett
Foreign Commerce Services
Commerce
Agriculture Departments
State Department
Foreign Service Building Commission
Bureau of Lighthouses
The
Treasury A
Coast Guard
Director General of Railroads
War Finance Corporation
Treasury
Federal Industries Corporation
National Training School For Boys
Justice Department
Consumers Counsel
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War
Territories and Island Division
Bureau of Fisheries
Interior
Biological Survey
Agriculture
Caterer Department
Ickes
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Mount Rushmore
Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture Department
Inland Waterways Corporation
Commerce Department
Willie Willis C40 Moron Quote Attributed To Teacher
A quote attributed to Willie Willis C40 depicts a teacher calling someone with a twelve year old mind a moron. The remark highlights a clash between student and educator perspectives and reflects schoolyard rhetoric.
Nuncio Holds Talk With Polish Foreign Minister
Vatican envoy Filippo Cortesi conferred with Col Joseph Beck in Warsaw as Poland weighs the pope's peace efforts. Soviet diplomat Vladimir Potemkin's arrival is seen as easing Polish Soviet ties, potentially aiding a British French Soviet accord and Poland's stance on mediation with Germany. Observers note Poland's Catholic identity and preference for direct negotiations.
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Warsaw
Filippo Cortesi
Poland
Joseph Beck
Pius
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Russia
Germany
Vatican
Baltic
Education First Girl Refuses Royal Dance Attendance
Virginia May Clark, a 17 year old University of Chicago co ed, declined a Winnipeg reception dance before King George and Queen Elizabeth to focus on exams. Twelve other Chicago girls from her dancing school will perform. Clark entered the university in 1936 on a scholarship.
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Chicago
Virginia May Clark
University of Chicago
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Winnipeg
Canada
Miss Clark
Hitler Awaits Aide Report on Italian Pact
Berlin reports show the Roman Berlin axis moving toward a formal alliance as Hitler awaits Von Ribbentrop's update on weekend talks with Count Ciano. Goering sails from San Remo to Spain to reinforce ties with Franco while the Vatican urges peaceful negotiations across capitals.
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Berlin
Vatican
Rome-Berlin
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Mediterranean
San Remo
Italy
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Franco
League of Nations
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Poland
Turkey
Greece
Rumania
Land Now Owned Is Bought Again
Huntington city officials planned a special session to resolve whether the city overpaid $12,500 for land it already owned. The dispute followed debate over granting American Rolling Mills a riverfront site for a $100,000 coal tipple on flood wall right of way once bought from Raymond Land Co.
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Huntington
American Rolling Mills Company
Raymond Land Company
S. Wirt LaLance
City Council to Review Million Dollar Paving Plan Tonight
City engineers propose a million dollar street repaving program funded 45 percent by a PWA grant and 55 percent by assessments on adjacent properties. Key projects include Lee Street widening to 36 feet and paving Fayette Street toward the new bridge, with several feeder routes outlined and cost estimates per segment.
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Harry L. Campbell
PWA
Lee Street
Truslow
Summers Street
Fayette
Fayette Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania
Columbia Avenue
Glen Street
Laidley
Connally
Kanawha Parkway
Monongalia
Definite Move To Avoid War Made By Rome
Vatican confirms intensified diplomacy to avert conflict in Europe. Pope Pius XII seeks peace through nunciature channels with Germany and Poland, while Britain and France consider Polish action on the Danzig situation. Diplomats see the pope as a possible path to wider understanding and restraint among European powers.
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Rome
Vatican City
Pius XII
Europe
Vatican
Hitler
Paris
France
Britain
Poland
Pius
Danzig
Holy Father
Banker for Philadelphia murder ring sought
Detectives target a man named as the gang's banker who financed a crime ring that killed scores for insurance across four eastern states. They cite possible $100000 hidden in a cache and note prior suspects were largely broke. A letter from a woman called the kiss of death widow denies guilt.
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Philadelphia
Rose Carina
Atty
Vincent P. McDevitt
Asbury Park
N. J
Airmail Celebration Set for Morgantown Inauguration
Morgantown to host about 10 000 people for West Virginia airmail pickup service opening Friday. Luncheon honors Civil Aeronautics Authority officials Robert H Hinckley and Clinton M Hester. CAA officials to attend. Charles P Graddick of Washington to deliver the principal address at the municipal field ceremony.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Municipal Field
Robert H. Hinckley
Clinton M. Hester
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Charles P. Graddick
Washington
Post Office Department
British Cold To Pius Plea On Five Power Peace Talk
British Foreign Office calls Pope Pius XII proposal for a five power peace conference idealistic but unworkable. Moscow assures Britain no shift in Russian policy after Litvinov's resignation. Whitehall notes Hitler to settle Danzig and Polish corridor matters between Germany and Poland. Molotov confirms British reply to a Moscow London Paris military alliance remains unchanged.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Pius XII
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Maxim Litvinov
Whitehall
Hitler
Danzig
Poland
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Djibouti
Tunisia
V. K. Molotov
Britain
Paris
Molotov
William Leeds
Liberal Divorce Rule Liberalization Approved by Conference
The Methodist uniting conference, amid 20 minutes of debate, voted to liberalize rules on divorce by excluding ministers from officiating at marriages of divorced persons in certain cases. A large majority of about 900 delegates approved a committee report carving out exceptions when adultery or cruel conditions clearly nullified the marriage. The action affects the Southern and Protestant branches.
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Kansas City
Methodist Uniting Conference
President Roosevelt demands quick coal deadlock settlement
President Roosevelt urged coal operators and United Mine Workers leaders to reach a quick deal to reopen mines by tomorrow night. He told reporters the public demands immediate resumption, and noted agreement on most issues except the union shop and penalties in a new contract. The deadlock has closed mines in 26 states and idle 460,000 miners, with prices and conciliation affecting talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Perkins
John R. Steelman
Conciliation Bureau
Department of Labor
New York
John L. Lewis
Conferteelman
Charles O'Neil
Lewis
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Commission
Interior Department
Taxes to Pay For Spending Asked by FDR
President Roosevelt told reporters that Congress must offset increased farm benefit payments with higher taxes. He cited $380 million added to the next farm appropriation and noted a broader $1.218 billion agriculture budget as pending final passage amid southern opposition to cotton export subsidies. He warned that past expected revenues for offset were not delivered and aligned with Morgenthau that the issue distracts him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Solons
Congress
Agriculture Department
Scandinavians reject Hitler non aggression pledges
The foreign ministers of Sweden Denmark Norway and Finland met in Stockholm and unanimously affirmed strict Scandinavian neutrality in any European war. They rejected Hitler's offers for non aggression pacts and pledged to remain outside Rome Berlin diplomacy per the 1938 Oslo declaration.
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Stockholm
Sweden
INS
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Rome-Berlin
West Virginia arrests total 59 after coal truck assault
The first wholesale arrests in the West Virginia coal shutdown era occurred as 59 men were jailed at Weston after a midnight assault on 28 year old coal truck driver Robert McWhorter and two assistants in Jane Lew. Prosecutor James H. Brewster Jr set arraignment for May 17 on a conspiracy to do bodily harm charge with a $29,500 blanket bond. Some detainees were union miners while others were locals seeking trouble.
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Weston
Jane Lew
Robert McWhorter
McWhorter
James H. Brewster, Jr
R. V. Malloy
Brewster
A. J. Rosenshine
Clarksburg
United Mine Workers Counsel
Solon Charges WPA Reeks of Inefficiency and Waste
House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts demanded disclosure of WPA salaries, aiming for a report on all workers earning over 100 dollars monthly and raises since October 1, 1938. He accused the WPA of corruption and waste, while Col Harrington reportedly refused to provide the data, citing embarrassment to officials in their communities.
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Washington
INS
Works Progress Administration
House
Martin
Massachusetts
WPA
Col. Harrington
Destroyer Saves Freighter's Crew
Fifty survivors from the British freighter Lindenbank were rescued after it sank off Palawan island in the Sula sea. The U S destroyer Pope reached the scene and reported all survivors unharmed. The 5,000 ton vessel, owned by Bank Line of London, was bound from Australia to Shanghai with a grain cargo.
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Manila
P. I
INS
Lindenbank
Sula Sea
Palawan Island
Globe Wireless
U. S
Pope
Bank Steamship Line of
London
Arena Reef
Bank Line
Australia
Shanghai
Safety in Colors Declared by Engineers
Clarence Goldsmith of the National Safety Council told an audience that machinery painted in vibrant colors reduces accidents by improving visibility and worker morale. He warned that black paint depresses workers and increases carelessness, while rainbow hues boost mental and physical reactions.
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Chicago
INS
Clarence Goldsmith
National Safety Council
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