Cash and Carry Neutrality Plan Gains Support in Senate
Sen. Gillette introduces a cash and carry neutrality bill permitting belligerents to buy ammunition and supplies in the United States with ships and citizens moving at their own risk. The measure mirrors Pittman’s plan, signaling a possible majority shift in the Foreign Relations Committee amid wartime debate and calls for a war-declaration referendum.
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Washington
INS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations
Key Pittman
Nevada
Gill
Pittman-Gillette
Col
House
Senate
Fea
Raweré M. Bouse
Wilson
America
Charles Tansill
Fordham University
Caroline O'Day
New York
William G. Rivers
Randolph Lea
Republicans Open Rally Here Today in Charleston
The West Virginia Republican Party will bring its official family and several hundred workers to Charleston for the opening today. The oldsters meet today and the Young Republicans tomorrow. National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton will attend a luncheon at noon at the Daniel Boone hotel hosted by National Committeeman Walter S. Hatensa. About 300 people are expected.
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Republican Party
West Virginia
Charleston
Oldsters
John D. M. Hamilton
Daniel Boone Hotel
Ational
Walter S. Hatensa
Stinker Drafts Willie Willis to Play Outfield
Willie Willis remarks on reputations and a surprising request from a small so figure known as Stinker to join his team as an outfielder prompting reflection on how kindness can be misread as insult.
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Stinker
FDR to Reaffirm Liberal Policies Toward Business
In Washington on May 11, insiders report President Roosevelt will, in vigorous terms, reaffirm liberal principles in a May 22 speech to the American Retail Federation. The remarks are to set the administration line on business for the rest of his term and may bolster a third term bid.
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FDR
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
Potomac
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Sec. of Commerce
Hopkins
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
New Deal
Sec. Hopkins
Senate
House
Congress
Ae Ang Barkley
Dat Misisi Chal Neha Harrison
Eight Die In Chicago Grain Elevator Fire
Chicago reports at least eight dead and 13 missing after a blaze destroyed five large grain elevators on the South Side. Fire officials say a grain dust explosion sparked the fire at the Calumet A elevator, with property losses estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. Several workers were injured, some gravely, as flames lit the sky and a citywide alarm urged all fire crews to respond.
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Chicago
Linn K. Keefer
Charles Regashus
Joseph Vedich
Henry Kriel
Louis Colberg
Albert Horner
Ernest Barg
Ernest Lindgren
Lindgren
Chicago Board of Trade
Calumet
102Nd Street
Calumet River
United States Considers Japan Embargo on Key War Materials
A high official said the Roosevelt administration is weighing an embargo on American petroleum scrap iron and copper to Japan. Military experts say stopping these supplies could push Japan toward peace talks and an international conference to settle Asiatic questions. The move depends on neutrality act action and a Pittman resolution, with a broader embargo possible this summer if Congress does not block sanctions.
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Washington
INS
Japan
China
U. S
Congress
Sen. Pittman
Nevada
Roosevelt
Worker Rescued As Crowd Prays For Him
In New York on May 11, 2000, Jim McCann 37 clung by fingertips to an eighth floor ledge for 15 minutes after scaffolding broke killing one and injuring two others. Fire Lieut. Edmund McNulty rescued McCann with ropes from the roof. McCann was hospitalized for shock.
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New York
INS
Jim McCann
Fire Department
McCann
Edmund McNulty
McNulty
Columbus Hospital
Clarkson Dies in Crash Fatal to Father
Albert Gould Clarkson 28 died when his car plunged 50 feet over a Putnam county hillside en route to a gas well project. An hour later his father R. J. Clarkson died of shock in Ardmore Oklahoma. The accident followed the early death of the son’s wife, Helen Davis Clarkson.
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al Clarkson
Putnam County
Clarkson
Kanawha Valley
Albert Gould Clarkson
Summit Road
McJunkin Supply Company
R. J. Clarkson
United Carbon Company
Ardmore
Okla
Young Clarkson
Helen Louise Davis
Harvey G. Davis
South Hills
Little Brown’s Creek
Flag Knob
William Karr
Sacred Heart High School
Mt. St. Joseph College
Baltimore
C. F. Sayre
Kanawha County
Ralph Greathouse
Britain ready to go to war over Danzig threat
Prime Minister Chamberlain stated Britain would go to war if force were used to threaten Polish independence in the Free City of Danzig. Daladier warned France would reinforce its army if mobilizations persist beyond frontiers.
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London
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Danzig
Paris
Daladier
France
Moscow Plans Peace Strategy
Moscow signals leadership in forming a new European security front through a back-to-Geneva initiative. The Soviet Union delays the League of Nations council meeting to allow Deputy Foreign Commissar Potemkin to attend. Izvestia editorial questions London centric plans and calls for a united front of Britain France the USSR and the United States against aggression.
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Britain
France
Poland
Rumania
Greece
United Kingdom
Germany
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Izvestia
Russia
Moscow
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Vladimir P. Potemkin
London
Joseph Stalin
Great Britain
Europe
Second Fiddle: A Serial About a Second Best Love
Louise Holmes presents a newspaper fiction serial about a woman questioning her status as a second choice. The Charleston Gazette introduces the installment in today’s paper on page 8 part 1, inviting readers to follow the story.
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Louise Holmes
The
Charleston
Coal Agreemen Near Declared by Murphy After White House Visit
Attorney General Frank Murphy left the White House saying he was confident a soft coal deadlock would end soon after a 30 minute talk with President Roosevelt. He predicted an early solution and noted tougher strikes elsewhere, while a filled briefcase suggested legal steps to reopen bituminous fields if needed.
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Washington
INS
Frank Murphy
White House
Roosevelt
Murphy
Michigan
Fog Delays Empress of Australia With King and Queen Aboard
The S S Empress of Australia carrying King George V and Queen Elizabeth faced an eight hour fog delay as it neared Canada and the United States. The royal couple relaxed in the main salon watching films of Canadian life while crew posted extra lookouts and the ship crawled at ten knots or sat still about 350 miles east of Cape Race.
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S. S
Australia
INS
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
U. S
King
Queen
Cape Race
Mercy Slayer of Son Acquitted by Jury
Louis Greenfield was acquitted of first degree manslaughter in Bronx county court after admitting he chloroformed his 16 year old son Jerome to end alleged suffering. Doctors testified the boy remained mentally at two years old and his mother feared being attacked. The jury of married men and women, many parents, deliberated four hours.
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New York
Louis Greenfield
Jerome
Bronx
Greenfield
Governor Holt Cancels Parkersburg Talk Amid Coal Talks
Gov. Homer A. Holt stayed at his office in New York area after canceling a Parkersburg engagement to monitor coal contract talks. State leaders, including Adj. Gen. William L. Horner and Supt. C. C. Tallman, held routine discussions as 100000 workers and 570 mines idle in West Virginia.
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Homer A. Holt
Parkersburg
New York
Statehouse
Holt
Appalachian
West Virginia
Lees Horner
Tallman Adj
William L. Horner
National Guard
Supt
C. C. Tallman
State Police
Tox T
Torsa
Ogee
West Vic Chamber of Commerce
Steelman
West One
John
Western Kentucky Mine Pact Signed
In Central City Kentucky on May 11 officials and Ed Morgan president of district 23 United Mine Workers of America signed a two year pact for 6000 Western Kentucky soft coal miners. The agreement runs April 1 1939 to March 31 1941 and covers mines in Ohio Muhlenberg Hopkins Union and Henderson counties. Seventeen companies signed. The union shop and existing wage and conditions terms remain. The UMWA becomes sole bargaining agent requiring union membership for employment.
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Central City
Western Kentucky
Ed. J. Morgan
District 23
United Mine Workers of America
Morgan
Ohio
Muhlenberg
Hopkins
Union
Henderson Counties
Kentucky
FDR Signals Possible Steps If Coal Conference Fails
President Roosevelt pressed for continued talks with soft coal miners and operators to end the strike and said he would consider further steps only if conferences collapse. Stephen Early said no action would be taken while negotiations persist and that the president awaited a settlement by the deadline.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Mr. Roosevelt
Early
Dr. Steelman
Steelman
Lewis
Appalachian
New York
Remaining obstacle blocks union shop in Appalachian coal talks
Soft coal operators and United Mine Workers leaders, with government mediation, race to avoid a prolonged strike as a southern operator block resists the union shop principle. Officials say a near agreement could allow reopening by Monday with broader signing possible tomorrow.
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New York
United Mine Workers
John R. Steelman
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Steelman
Lewis
Sala
Appalachian Conference
United Mine Workers of America
Union
UMW
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Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
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Oklahoma
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England
Romania
Caladier
Albert Hall
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