Hollywood Craft Workers Strike Spreads Across Studios
Hollywood reports say film industry craft workers and laborers began a strike across major studios as talks with the Actors Guild continue. Pickets were heaviest at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, and Warner Bros, with studios saying regular activities continue though some productions are affected.
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Strike in Frisco Hotels Deepens as Guests Serve Themselves
San Francisco reports a growing hotel strike affecting 160 properties with 3,400 workers. Guests wash dishes, use window laundry, and rely on self-serve meals as operators fail to meet union demands for shorter weeks and equal hiring. Elevators run for guests. sanitation pickets allow bagged lunches from building lobbies.
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Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann on Neutrality
Lipppmann argues the neutrality bill, shaped by a conference committee, is a two year stopgap compromise between cutting off Europe and risking economic disarray. It allows war materiel loans and sales to those with cash, preserving presidential discretion, while aiming to deter American entanglement and preserve vital interests as European tensions rise. The piece notes the bill’s intent to curb direct involvement but fears limited effectiveness and calls for broader measures within six months.
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Army housing program to lapse amid budget fights
Washington May 9 AP. Word spread that a 192 million dollar army housing program has been added to the growing list of projects disapproved by the budget bureau since President Roosevelt urged economy. Congress received Roosevelt's direct request to authorize no additional flood control projects this year and a letter urged delay until a January report from all government agencies involved is ready.
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Windsor-Salaburge divorce and wartime evacuations noted
World news reports Duke of Windsor and Vereign Salaburge divorcing in a swift 25 second procedure. British warships begin limited evacuation of noncombatants. Italian reversal claims and Hollywood strike activity amid union pressure are also mentioned with political hints of compromise.
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AFL OFL TO OPEN DRIVE FOR UNITED INDUSTRY PLAN
Washington May 3 federation leaders outline a program to organi ze all workers in each industry into one giant union under the C I O plan. Workers would be distributed among craft unions later, with collective bargaining by shop committees. A May 24 meeting in Cincinnati will set the broader membership drive and discuss Labor disputes in United Mine Workers and ILGWU participation. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt marks the birthday of her daughter Mrs John Boettller in Seattle.
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Public Works revival eyed with two year extension
Washington lawmakers open debate on two year revival of the Public Works Administration with up to 445 million dollars in new construction funds. Ickes testifies. Woodrum notes potential grants to municipalities and a revolving fund while relief demands loom. Treasury reports show 2184.7 million deficit in first ten months and public debt at 84.04 billion.
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Rotary of Montana Meets in Lewistown
In Lewistown on May 3, Montana Rotarians elected Royal Mann of Miagoula as district governor candidate. His name will go to the international convention in Nice, France for confirmation. Mann succeeds J. W. Johnhaw of Great Falls for this year’s post. The fifteenth biennial conference opened Tuesday night with a banquet and governor’s ball, with about 1400 registrants.
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Tombstone in Memory of the Old West and Its Ghosts
The piece recalls Tombstone's storied lawlessness and famed landmarks like the O K Corral and Birdcage, contrasting a modern ghost town with surviving businesses. It notes the town’s morbid history of lynchings and killings, a rosebush garden, and a tea moment amid tourist lore.
Catholics Sentenced Across Germany and Vatican Tangle
Castel Gandolfo reports Pope Pius works on a white book to show German violations of the concordat, while Catholic lay brothers in Berlin and German courts face sentences up to four years for alleged assaults and moral charges. The Vatican notes harsher measures than Spain as priests face persecution.
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Wallis Simpson wins final divorce decree in 1936 romance
London reports Wallis Warfield Simpson secured an absolute divorce from her former husband, clearing the path to marry King Edward VIII’s successor. The ceremony awaits coronation's end, with Windsor planning departure toward her mansion as a new chapter opens amid court and political debate.
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Escaped steer runs wild on Chicago’s south side
A frightening escaped steer terrorized a south side neighborhood as it roamed streets near yards and riverfront paths. Police and bystanders chased the animal through yards until it was finally subdued and resting on a front lawn, appearing exhausted.
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Infant Drowns in Chicago Bathtub After Left Alone
Chicago May 3. John Charles ten months old drowned while left alone for a brief period by Mrs. Koos who said she left him briefly while another attended his dwinister. The incident is reported as a tragic accident in a domestic setting.
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Evacuation Pressure Mounts as Basque Capital Bilbao Under Siege
The Basque president Juan Antonio Aguirre’s wife and children fled Bilbao arriving at Biarritz on a British destroyer escort. Evacuations of noncombatants were questioned by Basque leaders as the Bilbao defense and surrounding war zone intensified with Francoist bombardments of the Nor River port.
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President Roosevelt’s Gulf catch nets six foot tarpon
Galveston May 3 Roosevelt party reports a banner catch of 24 tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico as the president wires White House from the scene. Total catch for the day was 14 tarpon with all five aboard contributing. Plans for tomorrow depend on sea conditions and morale is high. In a separate item, Thomas Mawran Smith heir to a $7 million fortune dies by fall from a twelfth floor hotel in Calico.
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Compromise Near On Courts Reform In Roosevelt Plan
Wallington May 9 The Senate opposition to Roosevelt court reorganization showed a willingness to compromise tied to a gradual approach rather than rapid expansion. Senator Burke Nebraska said there could be a good chance for agreement if the administration would approve a gradual addition to the Supreme Court. Roosevelt had opposed all compromises and could not be reached for comment as leaders declined to discuss in his absence.
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