Republicans denounce Roosevelt spending program in House
In Washington on May 10, GOP leaders led a bitter assault against the Roosevelt lending and spending plan. Rep. Taber called it wasteful and an opiate. Rep. Engel predicted national disaster. Democrats argued the measure would restart industry by boosting purchasing power, while Republicans sought cross over support from New Dealers.
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Washington
Rep
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Woodrum
D.-Va
PMWA Chief Launches Drive Against CLO and UMWA
President Joe Ozanic arrived to launch a Progressive Mine Workers of America effort against the CLO and United Mine Workers. He announced immediate union organization of locals, a convention to form district No. 2, and preparation for a new wage contract negotiating next winter. Locals in bituminous coal fields will honor the Appalachian contract until expiry, then operate under PMWA terms. The Bluefield meeting Ozanic described as a mystery.
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Joe Ozanic
Progressive
Mine Workers of America
CLO
United Mine Workers
PMWA
Sheanes
Bluefield
Ozanic
Canaan Valley Feels Light Snowfall Amid Tepid May Day
Parsons May 10 in Canaan valley high Tucker county mountains reports light snowfall as temperatures dip below 40 degrees. Local residents note chilly air and lingering winter vibe despite May calendar.
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Parsons
Canaan Valley
Tucker County
Revised Labor Act Is Urged
The National Association of Manufacturers proposes a six point program for revising the Wagner labor law. NAM general counsel James A. Emery outlined the plan before a House judiciary subcommittee as lawmakers discuss labor policy and related actions including an anti CIO inquiry and NLRB rulings on Heinz Pittsburgh and Douglas Aircraft reinstatement.
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Washington
INS
National Association of Manufacturers Today
House
James A. Emery
NAM
Hoffman
Michi-gan
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Supreme Court
Heinz Company
Pittsburgh
Canning and Pickle Workers' Union
Heinz
Dougldas Aircraft Company
Cal
Sen. Burke
Nebraska
Emery
Hillsdale addition housing site split over color limits
Hillsdale western addition near Elk River Road was eyed for a low cost housing project for white residents after J H Gaylord and Ladislas Segoe expressed disapproval of an eight block site between Virginia and Washington streets chosen by local authorities. Oliver Winston will attend the next site committee meeting. The Negro housing site remains bounded by Estill Ross McCormick and TDonnally streets with no change planned, says City Solicitor Phil Hill.
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Hillsdale
J Crescent Road
Elk River Road
J. H. Gaylord
USHA
Engieer
Ladislas Segoe
Virginia
Washington Streets
Oliver
Winston
Estill
Ross, McCormick
Tdonnally
Phil Hill
C Hill
FDR Pressured on Wage Hour Bill as Debate Persists
In Washington on May 10, sponsors pressed President Roosevelt for renewed White House pressure to push the wage hour bill into law. Southern Democrats threaten extended debate and possible filibuster. House action faced delays as committee members deadlocked on vote timing, while a 218-signature petition keeps the bill moving toward consideration this month.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
House
Tales Committee
Jeff
Rules Committee
O'Cannor
Hunters Push After Lost Tot Near Bradford Pa
A weary search party with baying bloodhounds pressed into forests near Bradford Pennsylvania for four year old Marine West who vanished while picking flowers at a picnic. New York state police sent three bloodhounds to aid national guardsmen as Legionnaires youths and CCC workers searched a six mile area along a country road where she was last seen. Some feared auto or abduction, others thought she may have wandered and injured herself. A possible kidnapping allegation arose after a man registered at a Bradford hotel claimed a young girl as his daughter, prompting police to investigate a blue dressed child.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
Marine West
New York
Hawthorne Barracks
National Guardsmen
CCC
M. M. West
Corp. L
Baby Has Good Chance To Keep Sight Of One Eye
In Chicago on May 10 AP reports 4 new exams bolster hope that five and a half week old Baby Helaine Colan can retain sight in her right eye after left eye removal to treat glioma. The infant, described as bright and alert, is continuing formula feeding as doctors study whether to apply X ray or remove the surviving eye.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Robert H. Good
V. L. Brown
Helaine
Howard Clark
Wasp Causes Wreck Injuring Two Passengers
In Oakland on May 10 a bus collided with a light post after back seat passengers shouted a warning to driver Wendell Faubion. Two passengers sustained injuries and escaped the wreck through a bus window.
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Wasp
Oakland
Calif
Wendell Faubion
Isms Probe Wins Backing by House Rules Committee
The House Rules Committee backed a seven member inquiry into un American propaganda and activities in the United States. Rep Dickstein said German funds support Nazi groups here and cited Nazi camps and war draft blanks. noted industrial contributions tied to Germany. A New Yorker warned of a 100000 Nazi parade at Camp Siegfried.
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Washington
Bund
U. S
House Rules Committee
Dickstein
Immigration Committee
Congress
Rep. Dics
Tex
House
Germany
America
The
New Yorker
Camp Sedgfried
Long Island
Evanston Justice of the Peace Sues for Divorce
Samuel Harrison, 95 year old Evanston justice who married 1,300 couples, files for divorce from Emma J Christensen, his 41 year old wife. He claims she deserted him in 1944, quipping her hair turned red when they met and now is turning gray.
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Worm
Chicago
Samuel Harrison
Evanston
Motoy Cleared Of Disorderly Conduct In Street Ball Incident
New York May 10. Fred Motoy 19 faced disorderly conduct charges for playing ball in the street. Magistrate Sylvester Sabbatino dismissed the complaint noting that he and his neighbors’ children also play ball in the street and citing two broken windows and a $1.75 repair bill as context for his ruling.
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New York
Fred Motoy
Sylvester Sabbatino
Poor Aid Load Rises in Cleveland Relief Roll
Cleveland faces historic relief strain as 87 000 people in the city of 2 200 000 rely on direct aid under a seven day 870 000 emergency allotment. Officials warn the crisis is the worst in six years, with WPA payrolls near 10 million and surpluses supplying cabbage and butter to supplement rations. The city plans to seek funds from the state legislature on May 16.
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Cleveland
WPA
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
State Bids Opened on 58 Miles of Primary Secondary Highways
Bids for construction of about 58 miles of primary and secondary highways, including gravel surfacing on about 1 mile of state route 20 between Wallace in Harrison county and Smithfield in Wetzel county, were opened by the state road commission. Total bids top $495,472, part of more than $3,000 in work let since January 1. Two other projects on the Satie highway were awarded earlier this year.
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Indian Creek
Kanawha
State Road Commission
Wallace Harrison County
Smithfield
Wetzel County
English Mine Blasts Kill 79 and Wound 20 at Chesterfield
In Chesterfield England a disaster at the Markham colliery claimed at least 79 workers with over 20 injured. Rescue teams battled fumes and flames through the night as officials investigated the cause, with many bodies recovered near the surface.
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Chesterfield
Eng
Markham
Crolliery
Alfic Cial
Hitler Returns In Hero Role
Berlin May 10 Hitler returned triumphantly from Mussolini talks and was greeted by a Nazi crowd celebrating the Rome Berlin axis. The 12 coach special train arrived at 10 47 p m at the swastika station as cheers and applause erupted for the dictator. The six day reunion with Ti Duce yielded what the Nazi press called closer military ties and a defensive axis between Italy and Germany.
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Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Reichsfuhrer
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Taly
Britain
France
Mary
Army air might ready to meet mythical invader
Harrisburg May 10 AP speedy pursuit planes and flying fortresses of the UK army air force poised tonight to meet a mythical enemy crossing the Atlantic to attack the industrial east. One hundred seventy army war planes stationed across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Maryland and New England will move to sea for five days of maneuvers excluding Sunday. The enemy is a coalition of Asiatic and European forces. Five hundred officers and 2,500 men stand ready as preparations continue for mobilization and headquarters air force to start deployment tomorrow. The general headquarters air force says it is ready at a moment's notice to go into combat.
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Harrisburg
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
New England
Ntal Headquarters Air Force
General Headquarters Air Force
Aircorps
Tilfle
Japan Strikes Surprise Blow In South China
The Tlinsis appellate court ruled sitdown strikes illegal, upholding jail terms for 37 strikers and 2 organizers involved in the Fansteel Metallurgical plant seizure of February 1927. The decision affirmed federal authority to enforce collective bargaining rights and condemned self help as unlawful. In Asia, Chinese forces and Allied ships battled Japanese attackers at Amoy, with reports of heavy bombardment, fierce hand to hand fighting, and numerous casualties as Japanese forces landed marines and seized parts of the city.
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Ottawa
INS
Tlinsis
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
State Supreme Court
C.T. O
Theodore R. Forby
Waukegan
Franklin Dove
Shanghai
Amoy
Hongkong
Diana
Amoy Ishad
Students Strike To Close Leyden High School
In Chicago area Leyden township high School faced a shutdown as more than 500 suburban students, 55 enrolled with only six attending, protested the dismissal of two teachers and two staffers. Principal George V. Deal said the school would close unless all dismissed personnel were reinstated. Strikers picketed and called for a citizens committee investigation of the school board.
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Chicago
Leyden Township High School
George V. Deal
Citizens’ Committee
Quorum Lacks Forces C O to Adjourn Richmond Meeting
In Richmond Virginia May 10 lack of a quorum of Chesapeake and Ohio common stock holders forced adjournment of a stockholders meeting without electing a board of directors. Election inspectors did not reveal proxy filings for the C O management led by Robert KR Young. a reform committee headed by Earle Bailie and backed by New York banking interests presented revocations of management proxies and the meeting was adjourned until May 20.
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Richmond
Chesa-peake
Ohio Common
Robert KR. Young
Earle Bailie
New York
Young
Rebels and Loyalists Deadlocked on Fronts at Hendaye
At the Spanish frontier the Insurgent and government armies fought to a deadlock on central fronts. Along the coast toward Alcala de Chivert and Castellon de la Plana government troops repelled insurgent attempts. Inland, 30 miles north of Castellon counterattacks stalled amid strong insurgent positions. The clash paused as both sides awaited drier ground for a new general push.
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Hendaye
France
Alcala de’ Chivert
Valencia
Castellon de la Plana
Castellon
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