War Dogs Are Sent To Spanish Seaport
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the House that Britain could not protect food ships entering the besieged Port of Bilbao while guarding sea lanes in the Bay of Biscay. The Hood and accompanying ships pressed protection from Gibraltar as hunger-stricken Bilbao awaits relief.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Great Britain
Bay of Biscay
Bilbao
Spain
Gibraltar
High Seas
St. Jean de Luz
Hood
Shropshire
Army Planes Make Attack In Field Exercise
Plans from the 37th attack squadron simulated destroying the James River Bridge and a mile long column of trucks carrying troops. Six planes created a smoke screen then, in groups of three, bombed machine gunned and used gas attacks as the column advanced at 170 miles per hour. Major Ned Schramm led the squadron in surprise maneuvers during the annual field exercises. The drills run through April 24 with bases at Rocky Mount North Carolina Virginia Beach Virginia and Aberdeen Maryland.
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Newport News
James River
General Headquarters Air Force
Rocky Mount
N. C
Ned Schramm
Langley Field
Virginia Beach
Aberdeen
Negro Hero Rescues Woman Amid Fire at Mississippi Home
John Ward a Negro is hailed as hero after crawling through flames to rescue Mrs. James Coleman, an invalid resident, from the Yalobusha county pauper's home fire that killed inmate John Ross and injured several others. Citizens plan a purse for Ward.
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Coffeville
Miss
John Ward
James Coleman
Yalobusha County
John Ross
Ward
Labor Union Faces Possible Factional Clash Over A W Actions
Detroit April 12 The United Automobile Workers executive board calls a special meeting for next Monday as reports say leaders may be disciplined to enforce signed agreements with manufacturers. Flint 17 unauthorized strikes in three weeks alarm officials, Homer Martin pushes for full compliance amid internal splits over potential removals or transfers of international representatives.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Flint
Mich
Homer Martin
Martin
Cleveland
Mock-Judson Probe Begins
Baltimore April 12 Jacob Blum attorney for the Fifth District Labor Relations Board said Bennet F Schauffer regional director was in Greensboro NC to investigate a complaint against the state hosiery mill The records show mill heads asked Schauffler to go there after the board received a complaint from hosiery workers that the mill was violating the law Details of the complaint were not given Some persons had been discharged at the mill on the complaint of 14 persons that there was interference in their activities The case was marked only for investigation.
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Baltimore
Jacob Blum
Fifth District Labor Relations Board
Bennet F. Schauffer
Greensboro
N. C
Blum
Schauffler
Albemarle seeks certificate for rural power lines to Morrow Mountain Park
The North Carolina utilities commission heard Albemarle's application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct rural electric lines to Morrow Mountain State Park. The filing requests authority to build and operate the lines serving the park and nearby areas.
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Raleigh
the Utilities Commission
Albemarle
Morrow Mountain State Park
Irwin Eludes Police in Blaster Killings Probe
New York April 12 Robert Irwin the sculptor remains at large as 1050 detectives chase him through cheap rooming houses. Lieutenant Martin Owens says a note from Irwin to a St Lawrence University student is being examined but he denies guilt and investigators doubt the handwriting. Police have checked with visitors at Rocklands state hospital where Irwin was treated previously.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Ronnie Gedeon
Mary
Frank Byrnes
Martin Owens
Irwin
St. Lawrence University
Owen
Owens
Rocklands State Hospital
Unrest Flares Across U S Labor Fronts and Canada GM
Labor tensions surge as workers return to mines in Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas after a weekend of shootings leaving eight people and a 15 year old wounded. In Oshawa 38700 pickets face a closed GM plant while premiers and union leaders warn of broader US actions if Canadian demands go unmet. Premier Hepburn rejects talks with a strike committee as Thompson draws US cross border pressure.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Oshawa
Canada
General Motors
Mitchell Hepburn
Hugh Thompson
Homer Martin
United States
Market Ignores Court Decisions in Early April Trading
New York reports that Supreme Court rulings failed to move stocks. Prices stayed largely flat, with long under waters and only mild relief in later trades. By noon, the ticker hardly moved as the government victory in Wagner Act cases drew little reaction.
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New York
Supreme Court
High Court
Rainfall figures cited on Florida ship canal study
New York geologist Malcolm Pirnie told the House Rivers and Harbors Committee that areas adjacent to the proposed Florida ship canal receive about 2 and a half million gallons of rainfall per square mile daily. He supported the army engineers report that the cut would not destroy underground water reservoirs.
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Washington
Malcolm Pirnie
New York
House Rivers and House Committee
Florida Ship Canal
Pirnie
War Department
Florida
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
Government cannon hammer rebel front lines in Madrid
In Madrid on April 12 government artillery pounded the front lines in two key salients. Fire concentrated on University City in the northwest and Casa de Campo to the west as battles intensified on the fifth day, aiming to isolate the insurgent garrisons along the siege front.
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University City
Casa de Campo Park
Madrid
Casa de Campo
Militant Texas Democrats Attack Court Reform Bill
A militant Texas Democratic group led by L. L. James of Tyler opposed the Roosevelt court reorganization bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. They alleged it would erode constitutional liberties and harm the party, presenting petitions said to total 25 000 signatures from across Texas. James warned that supporters’ claims the Texas House election tested the issue were unfounded as Lyndon B. Johnson backed the proposal and led in a tense campaign.
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Washington
Texas
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. L. James
Tyler
James
Lyndon B. Johnson
Roosevelt declines speaking at Mecklenburg Declaration event
James Roosevelt son of the president informs Representative Bulwinkle he cannot accept a May 20 speaking invitation in Charlotte for the Mecklenburg Declaration celebration. He cites the president’s travel plans and White House duties as reasons for declining.
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James Roosevelt
Charlotte
Washington
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
N. C
Bulwinkle
White House
Young Roosevelt
Mecklenburg
Roosevelt
Hull urges tariff cuts at world textile conference
Secretary Hull told the world textile conference that discriminatory tariffs must fall and trade liberalization is vital for the industry. He noted two cabinet members spoke, with Wallace highlighting cotton growers and regional labor surplus affecting wages and factory jobs.
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Washington
Pull
Hull
Wallace
Lead Workers Oppose CIO Ties In Three-State Area
In Picher Oklahoma, lead and zinc workers return to night shifts after a violent weekend that left nine shot, while an unaffiliated group led by F W Evans vows to block CIO unionization. The Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union reports 8,000 members across Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas and cites continued anti CIO activity.
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Picher
Okla
Galena
Kas
International Union of Mine
Committee For Industrial Organization
F. W
Mike) Evans
Tri-State Mine, Metal and Smelter Workers Union
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Ray Keller
Hockerville
CIO
International Union of Mine Mill and
Murder Case Postponed in Durham Trial
Durham April 12 The first degree murder verdict will be sought when Charles Brown a Durham barber is brought to trial for the murder of his wife Solicitor Leo Carr announced. Continuance to May 17 was granted due to defense counsel Major L P McLendon of Greensboro not yet recovered from surgery. Mrs Lona Fish Brown was found beneath a creek bridge in Durham County late last December.
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Durham
Charles Brown
Leo Carr
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Carr
Brown
Lona Fish Brown
Durham County
Finance Firms Change Tactics
A group of large automobile manufacturers and financiers reached agreements to drop federal trade commission complaints over 6 percent car financing ads. They will clarify that the 6 percent refers to the total debt cost rather than a 6 percent annual interest rate, addressing FTC concerns that buyers faced about 10 to 12 percent effective interest.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Charlotte Opens CIO Headquarters
Ray Nixon director for the CIO textile workers' organization committee announced the opening of its headquarters in Charlotte. He said organization work was progressing rapidly and within a few days the field will be filled with a complete staff.
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Charlotte
Ray Nixon
North Carolina
C. I. O. Textile Workers’ Organization Committee
Government Victory in Major Contes Wagner Act Upheld Across Interstate Commerce
The Supreme Court upheld the Wagner Act applying to all business engaged in interstate commerce, a major victory for government. Justice Roberts delivered the 6 to 4 and 5 to 4 decisions, affecting cases from J and Laughlin Steel to the Associated Press, with broad implications for labor rights and press freedom.
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Supreme Court
Allness
Tunal
Belt
William Green
American Federation of la
Labt
J and Laughlin Steel Corps
Pittsburgh
Frue Trailer Company
Detroit
Friedman-Harry Marks Cloth Company, Inc
Richmond
Associated Press
Washington, Virginia
Maryland
Cai Justice Roberts
Deli
Dem
Associated
Debate Dates Set on Anti Lynching Bill in House
Washington April 12 Democratic leaders plan to take up an anti lynching bill on Tuesday and Thursday amid southern opposition. Rep Gavagan introduced the measure to punish officers and mobs with heavy penalties and civil damages. Rep Mitchell earlier proposed a less harsh approach. Republicans indicated support for Gavagan’s bill after a House conference last week.
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Washington
House
Mitchell
D-Ill
Congress
Gavagan
D-Ny
House Republcans
Hollywood Actors Avoid the Telephone in Private Lives
Hollywood stars shun phones at home and on properties. Cecil B. DeMille worked without a telephone at his ranch, while Jean Arthur Gary Cooper Clark Gable and Harold Lloyd avoided or controlled calls through staff and isolated locations.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Jean Arthur
Gary Cooper
Clark Gable
C. Phelds
Harold Lloyd
Trustees' Meeting Postponed To April 19
The executive committee of the University of North Carolina board of trustees has postponed its meeting scheduled for tomorrow to Monday April 19. Secretary Henry M. London announced the change today.
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Raleigh
Board of Trustees
The
University of North Carolina
Henry M. London
Toda
Crash cause explained by Air Bureau in February United flight
The Air Commerce Bureau states a radio microphone dropped into the elevator controls caused a United Air Lines crash near San Francisco last February. All 11 aboard were killed. The plane fell from about 400 feet with a steep descent, suggesting loss of water control and a failed emergency maneuver before impact.
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Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Bureau
Wate
Lineman Edward King Fatally Electrocuted on Rural Orange County Line
Burlington reports lineman Edward King identified by power company officials was electrocuted after contacting a live wire during a rural elevation project with a Charlotte electrical crew in the White C section of Orange County. He died instantly despite hospital transport. details were not immediately available.
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Burlington
Power Company
Edward King
Charlotte
Orange County
Tore
Girl Slayer Must Die in Electric Chair
Alexander T. Meyer was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to the murder of 16 year old Helen Meyer a Coatesville high school student. He admitted driving her in a farm truck for 12 miles before killing her and hiding the body in a well as judges heard testimony.
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Westchester
Alexander T. Meyer
Helen Meyer
Meyer
Coatesville
W. Butler
Firness Harvey
Commonwealth
Ed Meyer
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