Crisis in Film War Nearing Actors to Act
Hollywood officials of the Screen Actors Guild prepare for a possible picket line on Monday if producers do not meet demands. The ballot authorizing a strike is reportedly complete, with stars named for possible picketing. The guild, claiming 6,600 members, seeks recognition as the sole bargaining agency for film players, and may affiliate with the Federated Motion Picture Yachts.
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Screen Actors Guild
Gudd
Oma
Aurbee
Joan Creaford
Janes Cagney
Hubert Mantcormery
Cheaser Moris
Horts Karloff
Frank Morgan
Ralph Morgar
Joan Muir
Curate Lombard
Robert Taylor
Ivan Harlow
Gary Cooper
Pri a'Brien
William Powell
Joan Montell
Elisa Land
Mind Aaake
Ginger Rogers
Guild
Fim
Tanna
Ryan Federated Motion Peture Yatts
Girika
Nigut
Injunction Action Targets Liquor Petitions Narrow reprieve granted
A long running injunction case against liquor petitions resulted in a temporary reprieve for bars. The court halted certification and actions toward a statewide referendum, with petitions contested as invalid until certified by the secretary of state. The filing names Tack Higging and Sam Wood Mitchell as key figures, while legal questions focus on petition validity and examination rights.
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Hed Qoe
Furge Feorke W Padbury
Sam Wood Mitchell
Jim Fo Ayers
Pliintiff
Kinte
Eeds
Secretary of State
Une Ste Pupreny
Celine Montendinglat
The New Statesman on the national defense tax
The New Statesman denounces the first wartime profits tax on heavy industry as unfairly burdensome to productive capital while sparing rentier bonds and government securities. It argues the tax harms new industries and those with high risk, warns of administrative flaws, and cites U.S. Chamber of Commerce concerns about its balance, complexity, and bias toward strong firms.
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New Statesman
Yacty
the New Statesman
National Defense
Ning Wo Emloy Ampier
Marx
England
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate Finance Committee
Menaurea
Two Naval Airmen Killed In Mid-Pacific Maneuver
On May 8 aboard the battleship Pennsylvania in the mid Pacific two Navy airmen were killed in a sudden power dive during a training engagement with the fleet. Lieutenant Commander Jon Francis Clow, 40, the pilot, and Glen M. Teal, radio operator, perished when their SBU aircraft careened into a power dive near the Saratoga aircraft carrier and sank. bodies not recovered.
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Pennsylvania
Mid-Pacific
Navy
United States
Jon Francis Clow
Glen M. Teal
Mavy Department
Washington
SBU
War Admiral wins Kentucky Derby despite crowding
World and Hollywood brief summarizes War Admiral as favorite winning the Kentucky Derby. Navy inquiry begins into destruction of Hindenburg lifting death toll to 36. Hollywood reports a small threshold for screen actors walkout while global press relations strained with Britain. London notes coronation buzz and royal watchers remark on queen’s mobility and duke’s smoking.
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Wourstle Church Downs
Kentucky Darby
Navy Board
Hindenburg
Hollywood
Crowds Celebrate London King’s Coronation Day Spectacle
London crowds thronged streets as crowds gathered for coronation day celebrations. Dignitaries and visitors from abroad joined locals in a lighted display of public buildings and streets. The king and queen retreated to Windsor for a quiet weekend ahead of a week of duties.
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London
Une
Whita
George Vio
Elizabeth
Tuckingham Palace
Westoneyer Abbey
Tower of London
West End
Rio
Royal Windsor Lodge
Siege of Bilbao Dominates Spanish War News
Forces loyal to Madrid tighten the siege around Bilbao as Franco’s supporters claim gains near the Basque capital. Barcelona sees unrest with thousands rising against authorities while anarchists hold villages. casualties mount and a key escape attempt is repelled near Talavera.
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Francisco Franco
Hilbao
Barce- Joux
Tolsso
Wilbao
Sollive
Til Two
Pronehanpa
Hiseuy
Wibao
Catalonian
Vilages
Barcelona
Valencia
Amertentat
Madrid
Tilido
Supreme Court Weighs Social Security Act Provisions
Washington May 9 1949 The Supreme Court opened its weekly conference to discuss the constitutionality of the old age pension provisions in the Social Security Act. This marked the first formal discussion since last week's arguments with a decision possibly announced on May 17. A final ruling on unemployment insurance provisions and related state measures may also come then.
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Washington, May
Supreme Court
Winslow reminiscence with Lincoln County War survivor
In Winslow Arizona on May 8 last Sunday afternoon George W. Coe the last survivor of the Lincoln County War recalls the era with humor and vivid memories. He recounts Billy the Kid a famed youth who died at 21 and reveals a tale of singing and a fiddle kept during hunts. The piece captures Cobbs interview style and vintage western lore.
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Winslow, Ariz
George W. Coe
Lincoln County
Runty Willy the Kid
Ilaard
George
New Mexico
Billy
Italy Severs Press Ties Over British Coverage
Rome reports show Fascist Italy cutting press relations with Great Britain after jeers about Italian fighters in Spain. An official ban restricts Turkish papers and removes Italian correspondents from London. Only three London papers excluded. King George coronation coverage limited to official briefings.
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Italy
Spain
Great Britain
London
Mussolini
George
Daily
Mall
Observer
L Evening News
President presses press on return plans vague
President Roosevelt spoke at Port Arkasas Tours, saying he would meet congressional leaders on the general tax situation when he returns to Washington. He indicated talks with department and capital officials on low cost housing but gave no date for the parley. He added no firm plans for a Supreme Court bill and declined to comment on Washington reports. He travels to Washington via Houston, Chicago, Port Worth, and arrives Monday morning.
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Port Arkansas
Tours
Ansevelt
Patoprae
Trile Bay
Lore Tate
Washesington
Departmentay
Capitel
Ihla
Gulf
Isned
Rompieta
Auengin Trading
Vie Reitomied
Congress
Hrazos River
Stirling Fir
Wallis Simpson Cuts Windsor Rinks Scene
Munta Brance reports May 8 that Wallis Simpson cut dawn on the Duke of Windsor and his tobacco habit, beauty sleep, and aging. The royal lover is said to be weeded from public view, with the famed entourage around him shrinking after his abdication as King Edward VIII last December.
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Wallis Simpson
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Mine assessment hearing coming in May for bill
Washington May 2 Senator James Murray announced a hearing set for May 20 or 21 on his bill to suspend the current work requirement for mining on placer and lode claims. Western small claim holders fear slow action after June 30.
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Washington
May
James 2. Murray
Monigu
Congress
Murray
Naval board opens probe of Hindenburg disaster
A naval board of inquiry inspected the wreckage at Lakehurst New Jersey seeking causes of the Hindenburg fire and crash. Captain Gordon W Maines presides with officers named by Commander Charles Rosendal as hearings begin with public sessions planned.
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Naval Board
Lakehurst
N. J
May
Naval Board of Inquiry
U. S. Navy
Fl.martino
Eretor
Cantaln
al Fon Tlagaman
Wig
Charles J. Rosendal
Germany to rush work on new airship after Hindenburg disaster
Berlin May reports quote Germanys top aviation official invoking Gods will as cause for the Hindenburgs destruction while Goering orders rapid work on a new zeppelin. A government inquiry torn to Lakehurst investigates the Lakehurst fire as fifteen men and ten women booked on the Hindenburg sail east.
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Berlin
Germany
Mindenburg
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Lakehurst
New York
pigsAro
Hindenburg
Europe
Sun River Project Listed in Interior Supply Bill
Washington May 8 The interior supply bill lists funds for irrigation and related bureaus including reclamation grazing mines and education with Sun River project receiving 209 646 and total irrigation allocation raised from 34 665 000 to 43 950 000 The bill's scrutiny by Senator James G Scrugham and committee sessions precede a House floor vote expected Thursday.
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SUN River
Interior Supply
Washington
Waterloo Department
James G. Scrugham
Hia Auby
Roosevelt
Department
Rene
Courag
Reclamation
Interior Bil
Inish Affairs
Division of Grazing, Mines
Office of Education and Park Service
Scrugham
Montans
3UN River
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